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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450748703321

Autore

Gardner Sarah E

Titolo

Blood & irony [[electronic resource] ] : Southern white women's narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937 / / Sarah E. Gardner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8078-6156-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/13/072

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's doctoral thesis, Emory University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.