History of American Civil War Literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9781107109728
Subjects: War and literature; American literature, history and criticism; War in literature; United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, literature and the war
Description: This omnibus history of the literature of the American Civil War examines the way in which the war has been remembered and rewritten over time in prose, poems, and other narratives. It incorporates new directions in Civil War historiography and cultural studies while giving equal attention to writings from both Northern and Southern states. It also redresses the traditional neglect of Southern literary cultures by moving between the North and the South, thus finding a balance between Union and Confederate texts. Written by leading scholars in the field, it works to redefine the boundaries of American Civil War literature while posing a fundamental question: why does this 150-year-old conflict continue to capture the American imagination?