Title: Victorian America and the Civil War
First published: 1992
Description: "Victorian America and the Civil War examines the relationships between American Victorian culture and the Civil War. The author argues that at the heart of American Victorian culture was Romanticism, a secular quest to answer questions previously settled by traditional religion. In examining the biographies of seventy-five Americans who lived in the antebellum and Civil War eras, elements of disequilibrium, passion and intellectual excitement are explored in contrast to the traditional view of Victorian self-control and moral assurance. The Civil War is shown to be a central event in the cultural life of the American Victorians, which both was an environment for the resolution of their questions and a place where their values and aspirations could be reshaped."--Pub. desc.
Subjects: Civilization, History, Influence, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United states, civilization, 1865-1918, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, influence
Places: United States
Time periods: 1865-1918, Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E169.1 .R77515 1992