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UNINA9910823340003321 |
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Autore |
Sizer Lyde Cullen |
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Titolo |
The political work of Northern women writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872 / / Lyde Cullen Sizer |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908721-6-6 |
1-4696-3605-0 |
0-8078-6098-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (366 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-332) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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