The battle-ground [electronic resource]
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
The Battle-Ground, Ellen Glasgow's fourth novel, was her first bestseller, with more than 21,000 copies sold in just two weeks. The novel committed her to a project almost unparalleled in American literary history: a novelistic meditation on the South from the decade before the Confederacy to the middle of the 20th century. The Battle-Ground speaks of a South before and during the Civil War in its struggles to become part of a nation still in the making. The overthrow of the aristocratic tradition, the transfer of hereditary power to a rural underclass, the continued disenfran
כותר |
The battle-ground [electronic resource] / Ellen Glasgow introduction by Susan Goodman. |
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מהדורה |
First paperback edition. |
מוציא לאור |
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press |
שנה |
2000 |
הערות |
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. "Published in cooperation with the United States Civil War Center." Includes bibliographical references. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Introduction Contents Book First: Golden Years I. ""De Hine Foot er a He Frawg"" II. At the Full of the Moon III. The Coming of the Boy IV. A House with an Open Door V. The School for Gentlemen VI. CoIlege Days Book Second: Young Blood I. The Major's Christmas II. Betty dreams by the Fire III. Dan and Betty IV. Love in a Maze V. The Major loses his Temper VI. The Meeting in the Turnpike VII. If this be Love VIII. Betty's Unbelief IX. The Montjoy Blood X. The Road at Midnight XI. At Merry Oaks Tavern XII. The Night of Fear XIII. Crabbed Age and Callow Youth XIV. The Hush before the StormBook Third: The School of War I. How Merry Gentlemen went to War II. The Day's March III. The Reign of the Brute IV. After the Battle V. The Woman's Part VI. On the Road to Romney VII. ""I wait my Time"" VIII. The Altar of the War God IX. The Montjoy Blood again Book Fourth: The Return of the Vanquished I. The Ragged Army II. A Straggler from the Ranks III. The Cabin in the Woods IV. In the Silence of the Guns V. ""The Place Thereof"" VI. The Peaceful Side of War VII. The Silent Battle VIII. The Last Stand IX. In the Hour of Defeat X. On the March againXI. The Return |
סדרה |
Classics Civil War Fiction |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (560 pages) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
שנת זכויות יוצרים |
©2000 |
מספר מערכת |
997010701850705171 |
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