The imagined Civil War : popular literature of the North & South, 1861-1865 / Alice Fahs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fahs, Alice.

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

War and literature.

American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.

American literature.

Popular literature--Southern States--History and criticism.

Popular literature.

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

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

Popular literature--United States--History and criticism.

War stories, American--History and criticism.

War stories, American.

War poetry, American--History and criticism.

War poetry, American.

War in literature.

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

United States.

Southern States--In literature.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Summary:

Imagined Civil War: Popular Literature of the North and South, 1861-1865

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Popular Literary Culture in Wartime; 2. The Early Spirit of War; 3. The Sentimental Soldier; 4. The Feminized War; 5. Kingdom Coming: The Emancipation of Popular Literature; 6. The Humor of War; 7. The Sensational War; 8. A Boys' and Girls' War; 9. The Market Value of Memory: Histories of the War; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references nd index.

ISBN:

979-88-908682-5-1

979-88-9313-088-1

0-8078-9929-1

OCLC:

698114957