The Imagined Civil War: Popular Literature of the North & South, 1861-1865

by Fahs, Alice

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2001 C-0090; BOX B-0083. NOT SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

Book summary

Fahs investigates popular forms of American literature, including poems, songs, children's stories, romances, novels, histories, and humor, written by authors in both the North and the South during the Civil War. By studying this large output, Fahs draws conclusions about the changing consciousness of America, chronicling how its heros, victims, and its bystanders were depicted.