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

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 341 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Summary 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 Notes Based on the author's doctoral thesis, Emory University Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-336) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject 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. HISTORY. American literature -- Women authors Group identity Group identity in literature Historiography Intellectual life Literature War and literature Women and literature Frauenliteratur Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865 SUBJECT Confederate States of America -- Historiography United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140238 Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 1865- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125653 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140245 Southern States -- In literature Subject Southern States United States United States -- Confederate States of America USA -- Südstaaten Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Personal narratives Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book ISBN 0807861561 9780807861561 0807828181 9780807828182

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