Veteran Americans : Literature and Citizenship from Revolution to Reconstruction /

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"I may dare to speak, and I intend to speak and write what I think," wrote a New York volunteer serving in the Mexican War in 1848. Such sentiments of resistance and confrontation run throughout the literature produced by veteran Americans in the nineteenth century--from prisoner-of-war na...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cooper, Benjamin (Literary historian)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Veterans' writings, American.
Veterans > Social conditions.
Veterans in literature.
American literature.
HISTORY > United States > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
Anciens combattants dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Veterans > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Veterans > United States > Social conditions > 18th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Veterans' writings, American > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : what we talk about whyen we talk about veteran Americans
  • Revolutionary captivity. 1776-1820 : Mary Rowlandson, Ethan Allen, Lemuel Roberts, Thomas Dring
  • Civilian memories and veteran memoir. 1820-1830 : James Fenimore Cooper, John Andre, Joseph Plumb Martin, Enoch Crosby, Thomas Painter
  • A bunch of veteran amateurs. 1830-1865 : Charles Cummings, Israel Potter, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, William Richardson
  • The real and written war. 1865-1880 : William Oland Bourne, John William De Forest
  • Conclusion : veterans in outer space : beyond 1880
  • Epilogue : Khe Sanh.

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