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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151715503321

Titolo

The arts and culture of the American Civil War / / edited by James A. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-43823-2

1-315-43825-9

1-315-43824-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations, tables

Altri autori (Persone)

DavisJames A <1962-> (James Andrew)

Disciplina

973.7/1

Soggetti

Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

United States Civilization 19th century

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence

United States Social life and customs 1783-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. "My thoughts are not here" : the Civil War dance floor as multitemporal place / James A. Davis -- 2. "But that's the old wound, you see" : Ambrose Bierce's Civil War poetry / Michael W. Schaefer -- 3. "Her bright smile haunts me still" : imagining women in the Confederate minstrel shows on Johnson's Island, Ohio / Kirsten M. Schultz -- 4. "Do let me preserve the unities" : the stakes of metaphor in Civil War-era fiction / Rebecca Entel -- 5. "One of the most beautiful villages that ever were seen" : Civil War architecture / Megan Kate Nelson -- 6. "Dearest sister, 'who will care for mother now?'" : epistolary songs of the Civil War northern home front / Sabra Statham -- 7. "No partial picture" : Peter F. Rothermel's The Battle of Gettysburg, Pickett's Charge / Barbaranne E.M. Liakos -- 8. "You women folks has no business to be here anyhow" : romancing the war and women in Civil War memories on stage / Bethany D. Holmstrom.