The political work of Northern women writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872
By: Lyde Cullen Sizer.
Series: Civil War America
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Authors, American -- 19th century -- Political and social views; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Authors and readers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism; Women authors, American -- Political and social views; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war; United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877
Description: "This volume explores the lives and works of nine Northern women who wrote during the Civil War period, examining the ways in which, through their writing, they engaged in the national debates of the time. Lyde Cullen Sizer shows that from the 1850 publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin through Reconstruction, these women, as well as a larger mosaic of lesser-known writers, used their mainstream writings publicly to make sense of war, womahood, Union, slavery, republicanism, heroism, and death."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-332) and index.