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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780365703321

Autore

Sizer Lyde Cullen

Titolo

The political work of Northern women writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872 [[electronic resource] /] / Lyde Cullen Sizer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000

ISBN

979-88-908721-6-6

1-4696-3605-0

0-8078-6098-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

810.9/358

Soggetti

Authors, American - 19th century - Political and social views

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

Authors and readers - United States - History - 19th century

American literature - Women authors - History and criticism

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Popular literature - United States - History and criticism

Women authors, American - Political and social views

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Literature and the war

United States Politics and government 1849-1877

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 (p. [311]-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Introduction: My Sphere Rounds Out; 1. Rowing against Wind and Tide; 2. Raising a Voice; 3. What Can Woman Do?; 4. A Woman's Road; 5. Trying to Find Places; 6. Woman's Part of Glory; 7. The Times Which Form History; 8. Still Waiting; 9. A New Emancipation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This study explores the lives of nine Northern American female writers of the Civil War period. It examines how, through their writing, they engaged in the national debates of the time. The author shows how they and others used their writing to make sense of topics like war, womanhood and slavery.