 | New Men: Reconstructing the Image of the Veteran in Late-Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Veterans in literature; Veteran reintegration -- United States -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War 1861–1865 -- Literature and the war; Veterans -- United States -- History; New Men uncovers the narrative of veteran reentry into civilian life and exposes a growing gap between how former soldiers of the Civil War saw themselves and the representations of them created by late nineteenth-century American society. This gap generated a new conception of the "veteran" still influential today. Casey John A. : John A. Casey Jr. is a Lecturer in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
