Soldier and Scholar

Soldier and Scholar
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 456
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ISBN-10 : 0813917433
ISBN-13 : 9780813917436
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Book Synopsis Soldier and Scholar by : Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve

Download or read book Soldier and Scholar written by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In assembling Gildersleeve's writings-- autobiographical, Richmond Examiner newspaper editorials, and Southern essays, Briggs (classics and humanities, U. of South Carolina) brings to light the reflections of a U. of Virginia classics scholar during the Civil War. His classical rhetoric lends a novel twist to his loyalist but critical views on the South's "Good Cause," in chastising the Confederate administration as well as critics of slavery and Yankee poet "sinners" against the English language. Includes a few bandw photos. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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