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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 3: poets of the Civil War II (search)
successful in their brilliant satire are his Farewell to Pope, England's Neutrality, and The Devil's delight. The humour of these poems soon gave way, however, to the more heroic and tragic aspects of the war. Thompson himself wrote dirges for Ashby and Latane, both of them the finest types of Virginia gentlemen. Mrs. Preston wrote a still more beautiful tribute to Ashby, in which she expresses one of the favourite ideas of the South—that the struggle was between the cavaliers and men of lAshby, in which she expresses one of the favourite ideas of the South—that the struggle was between the cavaliers and men of low breeding. The tragic aspects of Virginia and the heroism of her people were visualized also by a Georgia poet, Francis O. Ticknor (1822-74), whose wife was one of the distinguished Nelsons of the Old Dominion. His Our left is the most vivid account of the second battle of Manassas. Virginia is the best tribute we have to the commonwealth that bore the brunt of the struggle. The more popular Virginians of the Valley suggests the most romantic story of early years and adds that the same spi
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.), Index (search)
quities of the Southern Indians, Particularly of the Georgia Tribes, 317 Appeal to Pharaoh, an, 325 Apple Pie and Cheese, 243 Appleton, Frances Elizabeth, 36 Arabian nights, 260 Argonaut, the, 387 Argus, the (Croswell, E.), 183 Argus of Western America, the (Kendall, G. W.), 184 Aristotle, 197, 320 Arme Heinrich, der, 39 Arnold, George, 242 Arnold, Matthew, 203, 245, 253, 254 Artemus Ward. See Browne, C. F. Arthur, Chester A., 110 Ascham, Roger, 124 Ashby, Turner, 305, 306 Ashes of glory, 309 Aspern papers, the, 376 Astroea at the Capital, 283 Astronomy and General physics considered with reference to natural theology, 221 As you like it, 12 At close range, 392 At Fredericksburg, 281 Atlanta Constitution, the, 321-322, 350 Atlantic magazine, the, 167 Atlantic monthly, the, 47, 165, 169, 228, 247, 331, 369 n., 371, 372, 373, 375, 378, 379, 385, 388, 401 Atlantic Souvenir, the, 171, 173 At Sundown, 46, 228 Attack, th