Blood & Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 2004 - 341 pages
White women's writing contructs historical memory. During the Civil War, its devastating aftermath, and the decades following, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining varied historical and literar

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Pen and Ink Warriors 18611865
13
Countrywomen In Captivity 18651877
39
A View from the Mountain 18771895
75
The Imperative of Historical Inquiry 18951905
115
Righting the Wrongs of History 19051915
159
Moderns Confront the Civil War 19161936
209
Everything That Rises Must Converge
251
Notes
265
Bibliography
305
Index
337
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Sarah E. Gardner is associate professor of history at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.

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