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Confederate minds : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South / Michael T. Bernath.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernath, Michael T.
- Series:
- Civil War America.
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Regionalism--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Regionalism.
- Group identity--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Group identity.
- Southern States--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Southern States.
- Confederate States of America--Intellectual life.
- Confederate States of America.
- Southern States--Civilization--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908815-4-0
- 979-88-9313-263-2
- 1-4696-0395-0
- 0-8078-9565-2
- OCLC:
- 658198596
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