Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War

In his introduction to Patriotic Gore, Edmund Wilson asks, 'Has there ever been another historical crisis of the magnitude of 1861-1865 in which so many people were so articulate?' Regarded by many critics as Wilson's greatest book, Patriotic Gore more than proves the point, brilliantly portraying the vast political, spiritual, and material crisis of the Civil War as reflected in the lives and writings of some thirty representative Americans.Wilson, Edmund is the author of 'Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War' with ISBN 9780195006667 and ISBN 0195006666.