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The Arts and Culture of the American Civil War (Hardcover)
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The Arts and Culture of the American Civil War (Hardcover)
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In 1864, Union soldier Charles George described a charge into
battle by General Phil Sheridan: "Such a picture of earnestness and
determination I never saw as he showed as he came in sight of the
battle field . . . What a scene for a painter!" These words proved
prophetic, as Sheridan's desperate ride provided the subject for
numerous paintings and etchings as well as songs and poetry. George
was not alone in thinking of art in the midst of combat; the
significance of the issues under contention, the brutal intensity
of the fighting, and the staggering number of casualties combined
to form a tragedy so profound that some could not help but view it
through an aesthetic lens, to see the war as a concert of death. It
is hardly surprising that art influenced the perception and
interpretation of the war given the intrinsic role that the arts
played in the lives of antebellum Americans. Nor is it surprising
that literature, music, and the visual arts were permanently
altered by such an emotional and material catastrophe. In The Arts
and Culture of the American Civil War, an interdisciplinary team of
scholars explores the way the arts - theatre, music, fiction,
poetry, painting, architecture, and dance - were influenced by the
war as well as the unique ways that art functioned during and
immediately following the war. Included are discussions of familiar
topics (such as Ambrose Bierce, Peter Rothermel, and minstrelsy)
with less-studied subjects (soldiers and dance, epistolary songs).
The collection as a whole sheds light on the role of race, class,
and gender in the production and consumption of the arts for
soldiers and civilians at this time; it also draws attention to the
ways that art shaped - and was shaped by - veterans long after the
war.
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