A sober desire for history
Subtitle: William Gilmore Simms as historian
By: Sean R. Busick.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 -- Knowledge -- History.; Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 -- Knowledge -- South Carolina.; Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Literature and history -- South Carolina.; Historiography -- South Carolina.; South Carolina -- Historiography.; South Carolina -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Art, patriotism, and moral progress : the foundation of Simms's historical writings; title: Simms and other historians; title: Simms as collector and publisher of manuscripts; title: Simms as biographer; title: The history of South Carolina; title: Simms as a presenter of history through fiction; title: South Carolina in the Revolution : Simms and the North.