Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is Herman Melville’s 1866 collection of poems reflecting on the American Civil War, noted for its meditative, often ambivalent treatment of the conflict and its aftermath.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Herman Melville ⓘ
authorOtherWork Clarel ⓘ
Moby-Dick ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception initially mixed ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
form lyric poetry ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ
hasPart “A Utilitarian View of the Monitor’s Fight” ⓘ
“In the Prison Pen” ⓘ
“Lee in the Capitol” ⓘ
“Malvern Hill” ⓘ
“Shiloh: A Requiem” ⓘ
“The Apparition” ⓘ
“The Battle for the Mississippi” ⓘ
“The College Colonel” ⓘ
“The Conflict of Convictions” ⓘ
“The Cumberland” ⓘ
“The House-top” ⓘ
“The March into Virginia” ⓘ
“The Martyr” ⓘ
linked to: The Martyr

“The Portent” ⓘ
“The Scout toward Aldie” ⓘ
“The Stone Fleet” ⓘ
“The Surrender at Appomattox” ⓘ
“The Swamp Angel” ⓘ
historicalContext post–American Civil War Reconstruction era ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterReception recognized as a major work of Civil War poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
mainSubject American Civil War ⓘ
notableFor complex, often skeptical view of war ⓘ
integration of poems with prose “Supplement” on Reconstruction ⓘ
publicationYear 1866 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Brothers ⓘ
setting United States during the American Civil War ⓘ
structure collection of individual poems ⓘ
theme memory and history ⓘ
moral ambiguity of conflict ⓘ
national reconciliation ⓘ
war and its aftermath ⓘ
tone ambivalent ⓘ
meditative ⓘ

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