Book contents
- American Literature in Transition, 1851–1877
- Nineteenth-Century American Literature in Transition
- American Literature in Transition, 1851–1877
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Careers
- Part II Networks
- Part III Exchanges
- Part IV The Long Civil War
- Chapter 17 The Coming Civil War
- Chapter 18 Union Literature
- Chapter 19 Confederate Literature
- Chapter 20 Reconstruction Literature
- Chapter 21 The Global Civil War
- Index
Chapter 21 - The Global Civil War
from Part IV - The Long Civil War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2022
- American Literature in Transition, 1851–1877
- Nineteenth-Century American Literature in Transition
- American Literature in Transition, 1851–1877
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Careers
- Part II Networks
- Part III Exchanges
- Part IV The Long Civil War
- Chapter 17 The Coming Civil War
- Chapter 18 Union Literature
- Chapter 19 Confederate Literature
- Chapter 20 Reconstruction Literature
- Chapter 21 The Global Civil War
- Index
Summary
A dashing portrait of General Giuseppe Garibaldi filled the front page of the June 9, 1860 issue of Harper’s Weekly while an accompanying article fêted “the hero of the new Italian war,” extolling the “wonders” of his fight for freedom on two continents. “Of all the Italian patriots of 1848 he is, without a doubt, the ablest, most sensible, and most respectable,” Harper’s enthused, praising his certain success in this “new” attempt to unify the Italian peninsula as one state.1 Harper’s proved to be wrong – Italy didn’t unify until 1870 – but this minor setback did little to dampen American enthusiasm for the principled military strategist.2 After meeting the hero that same summer, Henry Adams observed to his brother Charles that Garibaldi “looked in his red shirt like the very essence and genius of revolution, as he is.”3 In comments such as these, as in the numerous celebrations of his character that appeared in the 1850s, Garibaldi embodies the ideals of republican revolution; no need to fear either a turn to terror or divided loyalties with such a “sensible” revolutionary leading the charge.
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- American Literature in Transition, 1851–1877 , pp. 337 - 355Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022