Format:
xi, 281 Seiten.
ISBN:
978-0-8071-7372-5
Series Statement:
Southern literary studies
Content:
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
Content:
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
Content:
"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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-0-8071-7460-9
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-0-8071-7461-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Südstaaten
;
Frau
;
Sezessionskrieg
;
Tagebuch
;
Literatur
;
Intertextualität
Author information:
Nitz, Julia 1978-
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