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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 30 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 2: poets of the Civil War I (search)
ses so pleased the Commodore that he wrote to Brownell in terms of hearty appreciation and afterwards made the poet his secretary. Brownell thus had an opportunity, in actual service, to become acqug as that pronounced by Lowell and Aldrich in Brownell's own generation. His power lay in combiningreported real warfare so accurately. Some of Brownell's lines read like rhymed journalism, but he hl vigour and veracity. Less important than Brownell as a war poet was George Henry Boker, See Stedman in How old Brown took Harper's Ferry, Brownell in The battle of Charlestown, fiercely ironicroline by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Stedman and Brownell were but two of the many stirred to verse byier wounded at Shiloh. Richer in melody than Brownell, Willson was like him in directness and realied Shaw in a pit under a heap of his men, and Brownell thought of them as dragon's teeth buried in taring Dave Farragut, Thunderbolt stroke—— and Brownell, whose The Bay fight, though perhaps too long[5 more...]<