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Blood & irony [[electronic resource] ] : Southern white women's narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937 / / Sarah E. Gardner



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Autore: Gardner Sarah E Visualizza persona
Titolo: Blood & irony [[electronic resource] ] : Southern white women's narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937 / / Sarah E. Gardner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/13/072
Soggetto topico: Group identity - Southern States - History
American literature - Women authors - History and criticism
Women and literature - Southern States - History - 19th century
Women and literature - Southern States - History - 20th century
Group identity in literature
Soggetto geografico: Confederate States of America Historiography
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Historiography
Southern States Intellectual life 1865-
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Literature and the war
Southern States In literature
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Based on the author's doctoral thesis, Emory University.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-336) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Blood & irony  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8078-6156-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450748703321
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