The Unwritten War: American Writers and the Civil WarKnopf, 1973 - 385 páginas |
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... fought for a noble purpose- to repel an invader , to strike at tyranny , " to oppose citizen - right to feudal right . . . to assert the industrial against the baronial inter- est " -strengthened the intellectual life of a nation ...
... fought for a noble purpose- to repel an invader , to strike at tyranny , " to oppose citizen - right to feudal right . . . to assert the industrial against the baronial inter- est " -strengthened the intellectual life of a nation ...
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... fought because it was his duty . His memoirs , “ written as simply and straightforwardly as his battles were fought , couched in the most unpretentious style , " bore out Howells's credo : " Great literature is nothing more nor less ...
... fought because it was his duty . His memoirs , “ written as simply and straightforwardly as his battles were fought , couched in the most unpretentious style , " bore out Howells's credo : " Great literature is nothing more nor less ...
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... fought for ! 29 Bierce the veteran did know what side he fought for even though Bierce the devil's lexicographer might treat the pastime of war with Biercean irreverence . If he knew little about the contro- versies leading up to the ...
... fought for ! 29 Bierce the veteran did know what side he fought for even though Bierce the devil's lexicographer might treat the pastime of war with Biercean irreverence . If he knew little about the contro- versies leading up to the ...
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THEY BREAK THE LINKS OF UNION I | 1 |
The Wholesome Calamity | 14 |
A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF | 39 |
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