A southern writer and the civil war : the confederate imagination of William Gilmore Simms / Jeffery J. Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Jeffery J. (Jeffery Joel), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870--Criticism and interpretation.

Simms, William Gilmore.

Confederate States of America--History--Literature and the war.

Confederate States of America.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book lies at the intersection of Civil War history and the history of American literature. Rogers challenges prevailing assumptions about the nature of southern identity during the American Civil War and describes an important period in the life of William Gilmore Simms, one of nineteenth-century America's most widely read authors.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>

Contents:

Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; From Southern Sectionalist to Southern Nationalist; Simms and the Formation of the Confederacy; Embracing the Storm; The War at Woodlands; Simms and the Literary Confederacy; "Art Ready for Battle"; To the End; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-30586-6

1-4985-0202-4