Apples and Ashes - Literature, Nationalism and the Confederate States of America

Informationen zum Autor COLEMAN HUTCHISON is an assistant professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. Klappentext The first literary history of the Civil War South. Covering criticism, fiction, poetry, popular song, and memoir, Hutchinson reminds us of the Confederacy's once-great expectations. Before their defeat--before apples turned to ashes in their mouths--many Confederates thought they were creating a nation and a national literature that would endure. Zusammenfassung The first literary history of the Civil War South. Covering criticism, fiction, poetry, popular song, and memoir, Hutchinson reminds us of the Confederacy's once-great expectations. Before their defeat—before apples turned to ashes in their mouths—many Confederates thought they were creating a nation and a national literature that would endure.

Product details

• Authors: Coleman Hutchison
• Assisted by: Riche Richardson (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9780820342443
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4244-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: New Southern Studies; The New Southern Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism, Literature - Classics / Criticism, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General