Belligerent Muse: Five Northern Writers and How They Shaped Our Understanding of the Civil War

by Stephen Cushman

Book Overview

War destroys, but it also inspires, stimulates, and creates. It is, in this way, a muse, and a powerful one at that. The American Civil War was a particularly prolific muse--unleashing with its violent realities a torrent of language, from soldiers' intimate letters and diaries to everyday newspaper accounts, great speeches, and enduring literary works. In Belligerent Muse, Stephen Cushman considers the Civil War writings of five of the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469633396
• ISBN13: 9781469633398
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"