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Just what war is : the Civil War writings of De Forest and Bierce
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- Creator
- Michael W. Schaefer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee Press, [1997]
- ©1997
- Physical Details
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- xv, 172 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780870499418, 0870499416
- OCLC
- ocm36824701
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-165) and index.
- Pt. I. Under Fire: The Components of Realism in Combat Writing. 1. What the Soldier Does in Combat. 2. What the Soldier Feels in Combat. 3. The Soldier's Experience in De Forest and Bierce -- Pt. II. John W. De Forest. 4. The Limits of Experience. 5. The Uses of Influence -- Pt. III. Ambrose Bierce. 6. The Failures of History. 7. To March toward the Sound of the Guns. Conclusion: "I Would Not Have Missed This for Any Consideration"
Subjects
- De Forest, John William, 1826-1906 -- Knowledge -- War.
- Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? -- Knowledge -- War.
- American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- War stories, American -- History and criticism.
- Realism in literature.
- Combat in literature.
- War in literature.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography.