Blood and Irony
Subtitle: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780807828182
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Women's Studies - History; Southern States; Historiography; Civil War, 1861-1865; United States - Civil War; History - U.S.; English; History: American; USA; History; American - General; Civil War; American Studies; Women's Studies/Gender Studies; Literature/Literary Criticism: American; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Women Authors; American literature; United States; Women and literature; 19th century; Confederate States of America; Group identity; History and criticism
First sentence: In February 1861, Emma E. Holmes of Charleston, South Carolina, contemplated the future of her country and became incensed.