Ambrose Bierce & Stephen Crane If you think the idea of Civil War literature sounds boring, think again. Ambrose Bierce wrote some of the first pieces of macabre literature (think Edgar Allen Poe and Stephen King) and Stephen Crane worked as a war correspondent after writing “The Red Badge of Courage.” Read more about these fascinating authors here!
Letters, Poems & Music It’s fun to read the writings of people from the past and compare their lives to ours. What would it have been like to live through the American Civil War? Visit the sites below to get some personal accounts.
Ever wonder what was going on in other parts of the world while American Civil War authors were writing? Visit our Victorian Literature Room to read about what British authors did in the same time period.
