A history of American Civil War literature

Resource Information

The work A history of American Civil War literature represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A history of American Civil War literature

Statement of responsibility

edited by Coleman Hutchison, University of Texas, Austin

Contributor

• Hutchison, Coleman, 1977-

Editor

• Hutchison, Coleman, 1977-

Subject

• 1861 - 1865
• American Civil War (1861-1865)
• American literature
• American literature -- History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• History
• United States
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war
• War and literature
• War and literature -- United States -- History
• War in literature
• War in literature

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• History

Language

eng

Summary

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?

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography