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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822613303321
• Autore: Bernath Michael T
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010
• ISBN: 979-88-9313-263-2; 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; 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