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KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS
SETTING
The novel is set around the fictional town of Cold Mountain in
the southern Appalachians. The town is analogous to the area
around the present day Waynesville, North Carolina, which sits
in the shadow of the 6000+ ft. Cold Mountain. The people in
the story run their farms the old nineteenth century way, by
hand and with animal power.
The time is the mid-1860Â’s, one of the most transformational
periods of American history. It is toward the end of the Civil
War. The people in this setting have been absorbed into the
conflict and exhibit the uniquely Appalachian response to the
war. They first rally out of loyalty to homeland, but then see a
war about politicians that want to start a new country. (see
Historical Information) The farms in the setting have been
devastated by the war and the women, children and old folk
that remain fear the Union and Confederate marauders equally.
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