Blood & irony
Subtitle: Southern white women's narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937
By: Sarah E. Gardner.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Group identity -- Southern States -- History; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Group identity in literature; Confederate States of America -- Historiography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography; Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 1865-; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war; Southern States -- In literature
Genres: Personal narratives, Confederate.
Other titles: Blood and irony
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-336) and index.
Based on the author's doctoral thesis, Emory University.
Table of contents: title: Everywoman her own historian; title: Pen and ink warriors, 1861-1865; title: Countrywomen in captivity, 1865-1877; title: A view from the mountain, 1877-1895; title: The imperative of historical inquiry, 1895-1905; title: Righting the wrongs of history, 1905-1915; title: Moderns confront the Civil War, 1916-1936; title: Everything that rises must converge.