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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War. By Herman Melville. 1866. The Battle-Pieces in this volume are dedicated to the memory of the THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND who in the war for the maintenance of the Union fell devotedly under the flag of their fathers. [With few exceptions, the Pieces in this volume originated in an impulse
1 de may. de 2001 · Thereafter, Melville turned to poetry; his Battle Pieces (1866), Clarel (1876), and John Marr and Other Sailors (1888) were published in small, privately subsidized editions. In 1863 Melville sold his farm and moved back to New York City, where, to support his family, he became a customs inspector, a position he held from 1866 to 1885, when some unexpected legacies made it possible for him to ...
17 de may. de 2012 · About the Author. Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, became a bestseller), but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his ...
Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems are inspired by second- and third-hand accounts from print news sources (especially the Rebellion Record) and from family and friends. A handful of trips Melville took before, during, and after the war provide additional angles of vision into the battles ...
Herman Melville was a prominent author during the historic American Renaissance period. Melville was a prolific writer who produced classics in many different genres including Moby Dick, Typee, and Benito Cereno. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poetry that detail the battles and aftermath of the American Civil War.
27 de ago. de 2019 · The most accessible volume of Melville's poetry is "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" published in 1867. This book consists of poems gleaned from journalistic reports of the events of the Civil War. The volume is reflective and thoughtful and captures the ambiguity and tragedy of the War more than it does heroic combat.
IN AUGUST i866 Harper and Brothers published Herman Melville's first volume of poetry, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, in an edition of I,260 copies. On December 7, the publisher reported to Melville that "there have been given to Editors, say in round numbers, 300."' However, only eleven reviews have been identified as resulting from the distribution of close to one quarter of the ...
