Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil WarIn his introduction to Patriotic Gore, Edmund Wilson asks, 'Has there ever been another historical crisis of the magnitude of 1861-1865 in which so many people were so articulate?' Regarded by many critics as Wilson's greatest book, Patriotic Gore more than proves the point, brilliantly portraying the vast political, spiritual, and material crisis of the Civil War as reflected in the lives and writings of some thirty representative Americans. |
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Page 107
... tells us is true to suppose that men of am- bition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us . And when they do , they will as naturally seek the gratification of their ruling passion as others have so done before them ...
... tells us is true to suppose that men of am- bition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us . And when they do , they will as naturally seek the gratification of their ruling passion as others have so done before them ...
Page 176
... tell you , was justified by the lawlessness of those days ; " they were recruiting the worst elements in San Francisco , but ... tells us in his Memoirs , of one of his old reports brought back to him " the whole scene of the affair at ...
... tell you , was justified by the lawlessness of those days ; " they were recruiting the worst elements in San Francisco , but ... tells us in his Memoirs , of one of his old reports brought back to him " the whole scene of the affair at ...
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... tells us in the Memoirs , before a Congressional committee , " that the planks on the bridge across the Potomac were ... telling his story - which seem some- what to derive from Browning - are really the kind of thing that requires a ...
... tells us in the Memoirs , before a Congressional committee , " that the planks on the bridge across the Potomac were ... telling his story - which seem some- what to derive from Browning - are really the kind of thing that requires a ...
Contents
Harriet Beecher Stowe | 3 |
Calvin Stowe Francis Grierson The Battle Hymn | 59 |
Abraham Lincoln | 99 |
Copyright | |
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Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War Edmund Wilson Limited preview - 1994 |
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