A strange and fearful interest
Subtitle: death, mourning, and memory in the American Civil War
By: Jennifer A. Watts
Publisher: Huntington Library Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: San Marino, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780873282659
Subjects: History; Social aspects; Photography; War and society; Death; Grief; Collective memory; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Assassination
Description: "A Strange and Fearful Interest explores how photography and other media were used to describe, to explain, and perhaps to come to terms with the national trauma of the American Civil War. The volume focuses on the Battle of Antietam, not only the bloodiest day in the nation's history but also the first in which photographs of American battlefield dead were made; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the national mourning that ensued, and the execution of the conspirators; and the establishment of Gettysburg National Monument as part of larger attempts at reconciliation and healing"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Jennifer A. Watts; title: Battlefront; title: Assassination; title: Commemoration.