Traces of War
Poetry, Photography and the Crisis of the Union
Published on 1. June 1990
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-8018-3959-7 (ISBN)
Description
"'Traces of War' has helped pry open new lines of inquiry into the literature of the Civil War."--Louis P. Masur, 'American Quarterly.
Reviews / Votes
"An engaging book on an important topic...[Sweet] examines how poetry and photography helped legitimate the Union cause at the close of the Civil War, how it sanitized the violence and restored the land."--'"American Quarterly' An examination of the symbolic representations of poetry and photography produced during the Civil War...Analyzes the poetry of Walt Whitman, and Herman Melville and the photographs of Matthew Brady, George Barnard, Alexander Gardner, and others...An important contribution that follows a seldom studied path in Civil War literature."--'Civil War News'More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
28ill.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-3959-7 (9780801839597)
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Schweitzer Classification