Ashes of the mind
Subtitle: war and memory in northern literature, 1865-1900
By: Martin Griffin.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781558496897; 9781558496903
Subjects: Bierce, Ambrose, -- 1842-1914? -- Criticism and interpretation; Lowell, James Russell, -- 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation; Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation; James, Henry, -- 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, -- 1872-1906 -- Criticism and interpretation; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Political and social views; Memory in literature; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century; War and literature; Memorials in literature; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cambridge interiors: Lowell's commemoration ode; title: A strange remorse: Melville and the measure of victory; title: The road from Memorial hall: memory and culture in the Bostonians; title: Bierce and transformation; title: Paul Laurence Dunbar: memory and memorial.