Southern women novelists and the Civil War : trauma and collective memory in the American literary tradition since 1861 / Sharon Talley.

Author/creator Talley, Sharon, 1952- author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationKnoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2014]
Descriptionxxii, 432 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
American fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism.
American fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Historical fiction, American--History and criticism.
War stories, American--History and criticism.
War and literature--United States. --History.
War in literature.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Literature and the war.

Contents Augusta Jane Evans's Macaria; or, altars of sacrifice -- Sallie Rochester Ford's Raids and romance of Morgan and his men -- Marion Harland's Sunnybank -- Mary Ann Cruse's Cameron Hall: a story of the Civil War -- Rebecca Harding Davis's Waiting for the verdict -- Mary Noailles Murfree's Where the battle was fought and The storm centre -- Ellen Glasgow's The battle-ground -- Mary Johnston's The long roll and Cease firing -- Evelyn Scott's The wave -- Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind -- Caroline Gordon's None shall look back -- Margaret Walker's Jubilee -- Kaye Gibbons' On the occasion of my last afternoon -- Josephine Humphreys's Nowhere else on Earth -- Alice Randall's The wind done gone.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013039695
ISBN9781621900139
ISBN1621900134 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks PS374.C53 T35 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold