The Generals' Civil War : What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today /

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"In this book, Stephen Cushman considers Civil War generals' memoirs as literary works of art and examines how they remain vital to understanding the interaction of memory, imagination, and the writing of American history. Drawing on methods from history and literary studies, Cushman analy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cushman, Stephen, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Generals > Biography.
Biography as a literary form.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
biographies (literary works)
Generaux > États-Unis > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Biographie (Genre litteraire)
Biographies as Topic
Generals > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why generals?
  • Surrender according to Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman
  • Destruction and reconstruction in Richard Taylor's Happy Valley
  • Ulysses S. Grant and the achievement of simplicity
  • George B. McClellan's many turnings
  • The merit of Philip H. Sheridan's memoir campaign
  • Coda: Mark Twain and the Mississippi of memory.

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