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Women's diaries from the Civil War South : a literary-historical reading / Sharon Talley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Talley, Sharon, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diarists.
- Women, White.
- Diaries.
- Diaries--Women authors.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- History.
- Southern States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
- Diaries--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Women, White--Southern States--Diaries.
- Diarists--Southern States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 575 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Sharon Talley offers close readings and comparative analysis of sixteen women's diaries from the Civil War era that illuminate women's experiences in the Confederacy during and after the war. Talley divides her study into six sections that are organized by location, vocation, and purpose: diaries of elite planter women; diaries of women on the Texas frontier; diaries of women on the Confederate border; diaries of espionage by women in the South; diaries of women nurses near the battlefront; and diaries of women missionaries in the Port Royal Experiment. When read together, these writings illustrate that the female experience in the Civil War South was not one but many."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Diaries of Elite Planter Women
- Introduction
- One. Mary Boykin Chesnut
- Two. Ida Powell Dulany
- Three. Priscilla "Mittie" Bond
- pt. TWO Diaries of Women on the Texas Frontier
- Four. Kate Stone
- Five. Sallie Mcneill
- Six. Lucy Pier Stevens
- pt. THREE Diaries of Women on the Confederate Border
- Seven. Ellen Renshaw House
- Eight. Josie Underwood
- pt. FOUR Diaries of Espionage by Women in the South
- Nine. Belle Edmondson
- Ten. Elizabeth Van Lew
- pt. FIVE Diaries of Women Nurses near the Battlefront
- Eleven. Kate Cumming
- Twelve. Ada Bacot
- pt. SIX Diaries of Women Missionaries in the Port Royal Experiment
- Thirteen. Esther Hill Hawks
- Fourteen. Charlotte Forten.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1621905977
- 9781621905974
- OCLC:
- 1141510065
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