Women Diarists, Civil War Experience, and the Literary Influence -- Literary Allusions in White Southern Women's Civil War Diaries -- The North, the South, and the Confederacy as Frameworks of Identity -- Literary Explorations of Slavery Ideology -- Literary Role Models: Antiheroines and Woman...

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1. Verfasser:	Nitz, Julia 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press [2020]
Schriftenreihe:	Southern literary studies
Schlagworte:	Geschichte Intertextualität Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865 Frau Literatur Tagebuch USA > Südstaaten United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Personal narratives, Confederate United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Women Women, White / Southern States / Diaries Diaries / Women authors / History and criticism War and literature Diarists / Southern States / Biography United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Literature and the war
Zusammenfassung:	Women Diarists, Civil War Experience, and the Literary Influence -- Literary Allusions in White Southern Women's Civil War Diaries -- The North, the South, and the Confederacy as Frameworks of Identity -- Literary Explorations of Slavery Ideology -- Literary Role Models: Antiheroines and Woman Warriors Women Diarists, Civil War Experience, and the Literary Influence -- Literary Allusions in White Southern Women's Civil War Diaries -- The North, the South, and the Confederacy as Frameworks of Identity -- Literary Explorations of Slavery Ideology -- Literary Role Models: Antiheroines and Woman Warriors -- Conclusion "In "Belles and Poets," Julia Nitz analyzes the Civil War diary writing of eight white women from the U.S. South, focusing specifically on how they made sense of the world around them through references to literary texts. She finds that many diarists incorporated allusions to poems, plays, and novels, especially works by Shakespeare and the British Romantic poets, in moments of uncertainty and crisis. While previous studies have overlooked or neglected such insertions of literature, regarding them as mere embellishments or signs of elite social status, Nitz reveals that literary references functioned as codes through which women diarists contemplated their roles in society, addressing topics related to slavery, Confederate politics, gender roles, and personal identity.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	xi, 281 Seiten
ISBN:	9780807173725