Tag Archives: Julie Ward Howe

The Glory of the Coming of the Lord

“The Battle of the Hymn of the Republic” is one of the most influential set of lyrics in American history–for good and for bad.

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Poetry Helped Feed Robert E. Lee Myth

Herman Melville and Julie Ward Howe, although anti-slavery, unfortunately wrote poems which helped mythologize Robert E. Lee, whose statues have become symbols of white supremacy. And indeed, Lee was a white supremacist.

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The Civil War Was Fueled by Poetry

Scholar Faith Barrett shows how the War between the States was a “poetry fueled war.”

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