03132nam 2200697 a 450 991045074870332120200520144314.00-8078-6156-1(CKB)1000000000447677(EBL)427130(OCoLC)476268545(SSID)ssj0000113208(PQKBManifestationID)11133757(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113208(PQKBWorkID)10099117(PQKB)10025961(MiAaPQ)EBC427130(Au-PeEL)EBL427130(CaPaEBR)ebr10202638(CaONFJC)MIL930710(EXLCZ)99100000000044767720030612d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlood & irony[electronic resource] Southern white women's narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937 /Sarah E. GardnerChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (352 p.)Based on the author's doctoral thesis, Emory University.0-8078-2818-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-336) and index.Everywoman her own historian -- Pen and ink warriors, 1861-1865 -- Countrywomen in captivity, 1865-1877 -- A view from the mountain, 1877-1895 -- The imperative of historical inquiry, 1895-1905 -- Righting the wrongs of history, 1905-1915 -- Moderns confront the Civil War, 1916-1936 -- Everything that rises must converge.During the Civil War and its aftermath, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining historical and literary sources, Sarah Gardner argues that women served as guardians of the collective memory of the war and helped reshape southern identity.Group identitySouthern StatesHistoryAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismWomen and literatureSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryWomen and literatureSouthern StatesHistory20th centuryGroup identity in literatureConfederate States of AmericaHistoriographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865HistoriographySouthern StatesIntellectual life1865-United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, ConfederateUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Literature and the warSouthern StatesIn literatureElectronic books.Group identityHistory.American literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistoryWomen and literatureHistoryGroup identity in literature.973.7/13/072Gardner Sarah E963066MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450748703321Blood & irony2183656UNINA