The American War Novel Dealing with the Revolutionary and Civil Wars |
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adventure Alexander Cowie American fiction American historical American Literature army attitude battle brutal captures and escapes Carl Van Doren cause character types chivalric Civil War novels Civil War romances color conflict contemporary conventional courage Crane critical deal DeForest describes devices Dime Novel Doren effects emphasis fighting fought glamorized glorifies Green Mountain Boys hero heroism historical figures historical novel historical personages historical romance horrors ibid ideals ideas Lanier liberty literary lives love plot love story Loyalist Merle Curti Michael Kraus Mitchell novelists Oliver Wiswell partisan past period picture point of view popular present reader realistic Rebel Revolution Revolutionary Romances Revolutionary War romance romance ferment romances written romanticism Scott and Cooper Scott-Cooper sentimental side Simms Southern spirit Stephen Crane stock plot stresses struggle suffering technique theme tion Tolstoi Tory tradition treatment utilized villain Washington William Dean Howells William Gilmore Simms writes York