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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458451203321

Autore

Fahs Alice

Titolo

The imagined Civil War [[electronic resource] ] : popular literature of the North & South, 1861-1865 / / Alice Fahs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8078-9929-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

810.9/358

Soggetti

War and literature - Southern States - History - 19th century

American literature - Southern States - History and criticism

Popular literature - Southern States - History and criticism

War and literature - United States - History - 19th century

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Popular literature - United States - History and criticism

War stories, American - History and criticism

War poetry, American - History and criticism

War in literature

Electronic books.

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

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--New York University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references nd index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Popular Literary Culture in Wartime; 2. The Early Spirit of War; 3. The Sentimental Soldier; 4. The Feminized War; 5. Kingdom Coming: The Emancipation of Popular Literature; 6. The Humor of War; 7. The Sensational War; 8. A Boys' and Girls' War; 9. The Market Value of Memory: Histories of the War; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Imagined Civil War: Popular Literature of the North and South, 1861-1865