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05863aam a2200673 i 4500 001 7B333064B85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161202010137 008 151215t20162016tnua b s001 0beng 010 $a 2015039994 020 $a 1621901793 020 $a 9781621901792 035 $a (OCoLC)918590894 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OSU $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usm-- $a n-us-in $a n-usm-- 050 00 $a PS1097.Z5 $b C65 2016 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a HIS036050 $a HIS036050 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Coleman, Christopher Kiernan, $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Ambrose Bierce and the period of honorable strife : $b the Civil War and the emergence of an American writer / $c Christopher Kiernan Coleman. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Knoxville, Tenn. : $b The University of Tennessee Press, $c 2016. 300 $a xv, 296 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 2 $a "While biographers have made much of the influence of the Civil War on Bierce and his work, none have undertaken to write a detailed account of his war experience. Likewise, among literary critics, Bierce's status in nineteenth-century American realism has led critics to explore the relationship of his wartime experiences to his output, but they have often done so without a deep understanding of his wartime experience. This manuscript concentrates closely on that experience, examining Bierce's few autobiographical writings, official records, secondary sources, and his works to come up with a portrait of the Ambrose Bierce during the Civil War era"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 2 $a "In the spring of 1861, Ambrose Bierce, just shy of nineteen, became Private Bierce of the Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. For the next four years, Bierce marched and fought throughout the western theater of the Civil War. Because of his searing wartime experience, Bierce became a key writer in the history of American literary realism. Scholars have long asserted that there are concrete connections between Bierce's fiction and his service, but surprisingly no biographer has focused solely on Bierce's formative Civil War career and made these connections clear. Christopher K. Coleman uses Ambrose Bierce's few autobiographical writings about the war and a deep analysis of his fiction to help readers see and feel the muddy, bloody world threatening Bierce and his fellow Civil War soldiers. Across the Tennessee River from the battle of Shiloh, Bierce, who could only hear the battle in the darkness writes, 'The death-line was an arc of which the river was the chord.' Ambrose Bierce and the Period of Honorable Strife is a fascinating account of the movements of the Ninth Indiana Regiment--a unit that saw as much action as any through the war--and readers will come to know the men and leaders, the deaths and glories, of this group from its most insightful observer. Using Bierce's writings and a detective's skill to provide a comprehensive view of Bierce's wartime experience, Coleman creates a vivid portrait of a man and a war. Not simply a tale of one writer's experience, this meticulously researched book traces the human costs of the Civil War. From small early skirmishes in western Virginia through the horrors of Shiloh to narrowly escaping death from a Confederate sniper's bullet during the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Bierce emerges as a writer forged in war, and Coleman's gripping narrative is a genuine contribution to our understanding of the Western Theater and the development of a protean writer"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Bierce, Ambrose, $d 1842-1914?. 600 10 $a Bierce, Ambrose, $d 1842-1914? $x Criticism and interpretation. 610 10 $a United States. $b Indiana Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865) $b Indiana Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865) 600 17 $a Bierce, Ambrose, $d 1842-1914? $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00042063 610 17 $a United States. $b Indiana Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865) $b Indiana Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00603515 611 27 $a American Civil War (1861-1865) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351658 650 0 $a Authors, American $y 19th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Soldiers $z Indiana $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Influence. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Influence. 651 0 $a United States $x Literature and the war. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Literature and the war. 651 0 $a Indiana $x Regimental histories. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Regimental histories. 651 0 $a United States $x Regimental histories. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Regimental histories. 651 0 $a Mississippi River Valley $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Editors, Journalists, Publishers. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $z United States $x Civil War Period (1850-1877) $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Authors, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00821764 650 7 $a Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 $a Regimental histories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354209 650 7 $a Soldiers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01125233 650 7 $a War and literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01170442 651 7 $a Indiana. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204604 651 7 $a Mississippi River Valley. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01240240 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017022752.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161202014107.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7B333064B85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search