Tag Archives: Civil War

Whitman, Melville & Abolitionism

By Robin Bates | Published: May 1, 2015

Walt Whitman and Herman Melville’s revolutionary visions of egalitarian societies shaped how Abolitionists thought about America’s potential.

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Whitman’s Poem a Lesson for War Hawks

By Robin Bates | Published: April 9, 2015

In “The Wound-Binder,” Walt Whitman refuses to glorify war and only shows its bloody aftermath–a good thing to remember on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s final day.

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Lit’s Contribution to the Civil War

By Robin Bates | Published: April 15, 2014

If the Civil War was brought on by a combination of pity and politics, literature helped build the case for pity.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Jacobs, Heritage Foundation, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Jim DeMint, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Uncle Tom's Cabin | Comments closed

The Civil War Was Fueled by Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: January 4, 2013

Scholar Faith Barrett shows how the War between the States was a “poetry fueled war.”

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Battle Hymn of the Republic, Emily Dickinson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, Julie Ward Howe, Uncle Tom's Cabin | Comments closed