Blood and Irony : Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
080785767X
ISBN-13
9780807857670
Edition
New
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint
The University of North Carolina Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 7th, 2006
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
480 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.30 x 2.00 cms
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During the Civil War, its devastating aftermath, and the decades following, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining varied historical and literary sources, this book argues that women served as guardians of the collective memory of the war and helped define and reshape southern identity.
During the Civil War, its devastating aftermath, and the decades following, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining varied historical and literary sources, Sarah Gardner argues that women served as guardians of the collective memory of the war and helped define and reshape southern identity. She considers such well-known authors as Caroline Gordon, Ellen Glasgow, and Margaret Mitchell and also recovers works by lesser-known writers such as Mary Ann Cruse, Mary Noailles Murfree, and Varina Davis. Gardner reveals the existence of a strong community of Confederate women who were conscious of their shared effort to define a new and compelling vision of the southern war experience. In demonstrating the influence of this vision, Gardner highlights the role of the written word in defining a new cultural identity for the postbellum South.
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