The Civil War world of Herman Melville / Stanton Garner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garner, Stanton, 1925-2011.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Battle-pieces and aspects of the war--Sources.

Melville, Herman.

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Literature and the war.

United States.

History.

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Knowledge and learning--History.

War poetry, American--History and criticism.

War poetry, American.

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Poetic works.

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [1993]

Summary:

"Ambitious and absorbing. Garner argues that Melville was the only poet who had the tools and temperament to portray the full horror of the war.... A vivid narrative of the war, both in the North and South". -- New York Times Book Review.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0700606025

OCLC:

27725410