Louisa S. McCord : poems, drama, biography, letters / edited by Richard C. Lounsbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCord, Louisa Susanna Cheves, 1810-1879.

Contributor:

Lounsbury, Richard C. (Richard Cecil), 1949-2021.

Series:

Publications of the Southern Texts Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCord, Louisa Susanna Cheves, 1810-1879--Correspondence.

McCord, Louisa Susanna Cheves, 1810-1879.

Women authors, American--19th century--Correspondence.

Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius, 154 B.C.-121 B.C--Drama.

Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius, 154 B.C.-121 B.C.

Women.

Women authors, American.

Southern States.

Rome--History--Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C--Drama.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Women--Southern States--Correspondence.

Women--Southern States--Poetry.

Genre:

Drama.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xii, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, VA : University Press of Virginia, 1996.

Summary:

Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord (1810-1879) was one of the most remarkable figures in the intellectual history of antebellum America. A conservative intellectual, she broke the confines of Southern gender roles. Over the past decade historians have begun to pay attention to McCord and find her indispensable to understanding American culture. Among Southerners before the Civil War, she is ranked with Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, James Madison, Sarah Grimke, John C. Calhoun, George Fitzhugh, and Frederick Douglass. This volume collects all of her poetry, drama, and correspondence, her account of Sherman's occupation of Columbia, and a memoir of her father, politician and statesman Langdon Cheves. Its publication, together with the previously published Louisa S. McCord: Political and Social Essays, makes available all of Louisa McCord's varied writings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813916534

OCLC:

33101846