Tag Archives: Civil War

Emily Dickinson’s Africa

Posted on June 19, 2013 by wcd2

June 19, 2013 Whitman’s “Ethiopia Saluting the Colors” (written during Sherman’s Savannah Campaign) has offended some readers; it also has the distinction of being set to music — by the African American composer, H.T. Burleigh. Dickinson’s Ethiopia isn’t so well … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Contemporary novel, Global South, Nineteenth-century literature, Race | Tagged Aife Murray, Amherst, Austin Dickinson, Barbara Kingsolver, Civil War, Congo, e, Emily Dickinson, Ethiopia Saluting the Colors, General Sherman, H.T. Burleigh, Mabel Loomis Todd, Savannah Campaign, Springfield Republican, The Poisonwood Bible, Walt Whitman | 3 Comments

Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop: Boston Marathons

Posted on April 17, 2013 by wcd2

April 17, 2013 He writes only about the Civil War dead: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the soldiers from the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, captured in bronze by August Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture isn’t all that close to the finish … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Cities, collaboration, Letters, Public art, Twentieth century literature | Tagged 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, August Saint-Gaudens, Boston Common, Boston Marathon, Castine Maine, Civil War, Elizabeth Bishop, For the Union Dead, March on the Pentagon, New York, Robert Gould Shaw, Robert Lowell | Leave a comment