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The imagined Civil War :

(Number (ISBN

0807825816

(Number (ISBN

0807854638

(Number (ISBN

9780807825815

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9780807854631

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b415280

Title Proper

The imagined Civil War :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

popular literature of the North & South, 1861-1865 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Alice Fahs

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 410 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Series Title

Civil War America

Text of Note

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--New York University

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-391) and index

Text of Note

"Alice Fahs explores a little-known and fascinating side of the Civil War - the outpouring of popular literature inspired by the conflict. From 1861 to 1865, authors and publishers in both the North and the South produced a remarkable variety of war-related compositions, including poems, songs, children's stories, romances, novels, histories, and even humorous pieces. Fahs mines these rich but long-neglected resources to recover the diversity of the war's political and social meanings." "Instead of narrowly portraying the Civil War as a clash between two great, white armies, popular literature offered a wide range of representations through which to consider the conflict, as Fahs demonstrates. Works that explored the war's devastating impact on white women's lives, for example, proclaimed the importance of their experiences on the home front, while popular writings that celebrated black manhood and heroism in the wake of emancipation helped readers begin to imagine new roles for blacks in American life. By providing subjects and characters with which a broad spectrum of people could identify, popular literature invited ordinary Americans to envision themselves as active participants in the war and helped shape new modes of imagining the relationships of diverse individuals to the nation."--Jacket

Title

Imagined Civil War.

Title

Imagined Civil War.

American literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism

American literature-- Southern States-- History and criticism

Popular literature-- Southern States-- History and criticism

Popular literature-- United States-- History and criticism

War and literature-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century

War and literature-- United States-- History-- 19th century

War in literature

War poetry, American-- History and criticism

War stories, American-- History and criticism

Southern States, In literature

United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Literature and the war

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Book number

Fahs, Alice

Date of Transaction

20160712065504.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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