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Blood & irony Southern white women's narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937
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- Summary
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During the Civil War and its aftermath, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining historical and literary sources, Sarah Gardner argues that...
During the Civil War and its aftermath, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining historical and literary sources, Sarah Gardner argues that women served as guardians of the collective memory of the war and helped reshape southern identity.
Details
- Creator
- Sarah E. Gardner
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0807861561, 9780807861561, 9798890873026, 0807828181
- OCLC
- ocn476268545, ocm56356643
- Based on the author's doctoral thesis, Emory University.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-336) and index.
- English
- Everywoman her own historian -- Pen and ink warriors, 1861-1865 -- Countrywomen in captivity, 1865-1877 -- A view from the mountain, 1877-1895 -- The imperative of historical inquiry, 1895-1905 -- Righting the wrongs of history, 1905-1915 -- Moderns confront the Civil War, 1916-1936 -- Everything that rises must converge
Subjects
- Group identity -- Southern States -- History.
- American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
- Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
- Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- Group identity in literature.
- Confederate States of America -- Historiography.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography.
- Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 1865-
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war.
- Southern States -- In literature.