Confederate minds : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South / / Michael T. Bernath
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| Autore: |
Bernath Michael T
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| Titolo: |
Confederate minds : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South / / Michael T. Bernath
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/13 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - Southern States - History and criticism |
| Regionalism - Southern States - History - 19th century | |
| Group identity - Southern States - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Confederate minds |
| ISBN: | 979-88-9313-263-2 |
| 1-4696-0395-0 | |
| 0-8078-9565-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822613303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Civil War America.