Confederate Minds : The Struggle for Intellectual Independence in the Civil War South /

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During the Civil War, some Confederates sought to prove the distinctiveness of the Southern people and to legitimate their desire for a separate national existence through the creation of a uniquely Southern literature and culture. Michael Bernath follows the activities of a group of Southern writer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernath, Michael T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social aspects.
Regionalism.
Intellectual life.
Group identity.
Civilization.
American literature.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY.
Identite collective > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Regionalisme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Group identity > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Regionalism > Southern States > History > 19th century.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
États-Unis (Sud) > Civilisation > 19e siecle.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Southern States > Civilization > 19th century.
Confederate States of America > Intellectual life.
Southern States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An intellectual call to arms
  • The Confederate critique of northern culture
  • The birth of Confederate literature
  • The campaign for Confederate educational independence
  • The high-water mark
  • Searching for a Confederate "literature of power"
  • Are we a highly civilized people?
  • Conclusion: independent in nothing, neutral in everything.

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