New Men: Reconstructing the Image of the Veteran in Late Nineteenth-century American Literature and Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0823265420
- ISBN-13
- 9780823265428
- Category
- American literature
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- John A. Casey
Description
"New Men uncovers the narrative of veteran reentry into civilian life and exposes a growing gap between how former soldiers of the Civil War saw themselves and the representations of them created by late nineteenth-century American society. This gap generated a new conception of the "veteran" still influential today"--
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- 2015-04-01
- 248 pages
- Ebook
- Fordham Univ Press
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- 2002
- 105 pages
- Paperback
- Department of Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
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