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American Poets on Death and Suffering in the Civil War

Special | 39m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

Beth Lueck shares poetry written during the Civil War to honor those who suffered or died.

Beth Lueck, Professor, Languages & Literature, UW-Whitewater, discusses the poems written during the Civil War to come to terms with the death of loved ones and to bear witness to the losses. Poems focused on loss, displacement and sorrow.

03/30/2014 | Rating TV-G

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American Poets on Death and Suffering in the Civil War

Special | 39m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

Beth Lueck, Professor, Languages & Literature, UW-Whitewater, discusses the poems written during the Civil War to come to terms with the death of loved ones and to bear witness to the losses. Poems focused on loss, displacement and sorrow.

03/30/2014 | Rating TV-G

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