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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459766403321

Autore

Bernath Michael T

Titolo

Confederate minds [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South / / Michael T. Bernath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4696-0395-0

0-8078-9565-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

973.7/13

Soggetti

American literature - Southern States - History and criticism

Regionalism - Southern States - History - 19th century

Group identity - Southern States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Southern States Intellectual life 19th century

Confederate States of America Intellectual life

Southern States Civilization 19th century

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An intellectual call to arms -- The Confederate critique of northern culture -- The birth of Confederate literature -- The campaign for Confederate educational independence -- The high-water mark -- Searching for a Confederate "literature of power" -- Are we a highly civilized people? -- Conclusion: independent in nothing, neutral in everything.

Sommario/riassunto

During the Civil War, Confederates fought for much more than their political independence. They also fought to prove the distinctiveness of the Southern people and to legitimate their desire for a separate national existence through the creation of a uniquely Southern literature and culture. In this important new book, Michael Bernath follows the activities of a group of Southern writers, thinkers, editors, publishers, educators, and ministers--whom he labels Confederate cultural nationalists--in order to trace the rise and fall of a cultural



movement dedicated to liberating the South from its