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Interprets the Civil War era across an astonishing variety of primary materials~Uses philosophy and critical theory to open up new ways of thinking about the Civil War~Dismantles the conventional wisdom that photography was more important than other areas of Civil War visual culture~Challenges our customary ways of thinking about the cultural importance of the Civil War dead

The American Civil War brings together a wide variety of writing from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, including short fiction, poetry, public addresses, diary entries, essays and song lyrics, accompanied by short introductions by Ian Finseth, a noted expert in the field of Civil War literature. Now in a thoroughly revised second edition, this slimmer volume has been revamped to:Emphasize a diversity of perspectives on the warInclude mor...

Bringing together a variety of both well-known and more obscure writing from and about the Civil War, along with supplementary appendices to facilitate use in courses, this is a guide to a major event in American history. It includes, among other things, short fiction and poetry, public addresses, diary entries, song lyrics, and essays.

Shades of Green offers a creative reimagining of early and antebellum American literary culture by exploring the complex web of relationships linking racial thought to natural science and natural imagery. The book charts a dynamic shift in both polemical and imaginative literature during the century before the Civil War, as scientific, artistic, and spiritual vocabularies regarding nature became increasingly important for authors seeking to mo...

Interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, biographies, memoirs, speeches, and other firsthand accounts shed much light on the origins of a system that provided aid to fugitive slaves. 46 black-and-white illustrations.