Margaret Junkin Preston, poet of the Confederacy : a literary life /
Klein, Stacey Jean,1968-
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-128) and index.
Lessons learned: early years, 1820-1832 -- An American female poet: becoming a published author, 1832-1848 -- "An intruder in the field of literary labor":  the fight to expand woman's place, 1848-1856 -- Family ties formed and severed: divided by war, 1856-1861 -- Wielding the pen: serving the cause of Confederate nationalism, 1861-1865 -- Conquering by "force of thought": toward the intellectual emancipation of the South, 1865-1870 -- "I think I may sing": struggles for women and the South, 1870-1877 -- "My work is done": final decades, 1877-1897.
Preston, Margaret Junkin, 1820-1897.
Women and literature
Authors, American
Women and literature