A Late Encounter With the Civil War

Kreyling confronts the changing nature of our relationship to the anniversary of the war that nearly split the United States, revealing as much about our sense of place in the present as our conception of the past. These essays explore the mechanisms by which each era has staged, written, and thought about the meaning of the Civil War.

About the author

MICHAEL KREYLING is a professor of English at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of The South That Wasn't There and Inventing Southern Literature, for which he received the Eudora Welty Prize.

Summary

Kreyling confronts the changing nature of our relationship to the anniversary of the war that nearly split the United States, revealing as much about our sense of place in the present as our conception of the past. These essays explore the mechanisms by which each era has staged, written, and thought about the meaning of the Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Kreyling
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2014
• EAN: 9780820346571
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4657-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Mercer University Lamar Memori; Mercer University Lamar Memori; Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous