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Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War is a 1962 book of historical and literary criticism written by Edmund Wilson.
- Edmund Wilson
- 1962
Mar 22, 2012 · “Patriotic Gore is Not Really Much Like Any Other Book by Anyone” Revisiting one of the most important and confounding books ever written about the Civil War.
Sep 9, 2010 · Patriotic gore; studies in the literature of the American Civil War : Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Feb 13, 2014 · Patriotic gore : studies in the literature of the American Civil War. by. Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972. Publication date. 1994. Topics. American Civil War (1861-1865), American literature, War in literature, American literature, Intellectual life, War and literature, War in literature. Publisher.
Patriotic Gore, collection of essays by Edmund Wilson, published in 1962. Subtitled Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War, the book contains 16 essays on contemporaries’ attitudes toward the Civil War, the effect it had on their lives, and the effects of the postwar Reconstruction.
- Edmund Wilson
- 1962
"Patriotic Gore" is a comprehensive study of American literature during and after the Civil War. The author examines the works of writers such as Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, among others, to present a nuanced understanding of how the war influenced American literature and culture.
Sep 17, 1994 · Regarded by many critics as Edmund Wilson's greatest book, Patriotic Gore brilliantly portrays the vast political, spiritual, and material crisis of the Civil War as reflected in the lives and writings of some thirty representative Americans.
- Edmund Wilson
