Blood & Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937Univ of North Carolina Press, 2004 - 341 páginas 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 |
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Blood & Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937 Sarah E. Gardner Pré-visualização limitada - 2004 |
Blood and Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937 Sarah E. Gardner Pré-visualização limitada - 2004 |
Blood & Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937 Sarah E. Gardner Pré-visualização limitada - 2004 |
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