03198nam 2200685Ia 450 991082261330332120200520144314.0979-88-9313-263-21-4696-0395-00-8078-9565-2(CKB)2670000000037561(EBL)565687(OCoLC)658198596(SSID)ssj0000414661(PQKBManifestationID)11263154(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414661(PQKBWorkID)10414817(PQKB)10163981(OCoLC)966814077(MdBmJHUP)muse48722(Au-PeEL)EBL565687(CaPaEBR)ebr10405061(MiAaPQ)EBC565687(EXLCZ)99267000000003756120091222d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConfederate minds the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South /Michael T. BernathChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (429 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-0728-X 0-8078-3391-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 itsCivil War America.American literatureSouthern StatesHistory and criticismRegionalismSouthern StatesHistory19th centuryGroup identitySouthern StatesHistory19th centurySouthern StatesIntellectual life19th centuryConfederate States of AmericaIntellectual lifeSouthern StatesCivilization19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.RegionalismHistoryGroup identityHistory973.7/13Bernath Michael T1660952MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822613303321Confederate minds4016539UNINA