Keep the days : reading the Civil War diaries of Southern women
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Published
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018].
Physical Desc
xxv, 199 pages ; 25 cm.
Status
Riverside Campus
E628 .S76 K37 2018
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E628 .S76 K37 2018
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Published
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193) and index.
Description
"Americans wrote fiercely during the Civil War. War surprised, devastated, and opened up imagination, taking hold of Americans' words as well as their homes and families. The personal diary--wildly ragged yet rooted in day following day--was one place Americans wrote their war. Diaries, then, have become one of the best-known, most-used sources for exploring the life of the mind in a war-torn place and time. Delving into several familiar wartime diaries kept by women of the southern slave-owning class, Steven Stowe recaptures their motivations to keep the days close even as war tore apart the brutal system of slavery that had benefited them. Whether the diarists recorded thoughts about themselves, their opinions about men, or their observations about slavery, race, and warfare, Stowe shows how these women, by writing the immediate moment, found meaning in a changing world. In studying the inner lives of these unsympathetic characters, Stowe also explores the importance--and the limits--of historical empathy as a condition for knowing the past, demonstrating how these plain, first-draft texts can offer new ways to make sense of the world in which these Confederate women lived."--Publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stowe, S. M. (2018). Keep the days: reading the Civil War diaries of Southern women . The University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stowe, Steven M., 1946-. 2018. Keep the Days: Reading the Civil War Diaries of Southern Women. The University of North Carolina Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stowe, Steven M., 1946-. Keep the Days: Reading the Civil War Diaries of Southern Women The University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stowe, Steven M. Keep the Days: Reading the Civil War Diaries of Southern Women The University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
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