LEADER 05775cam 2200673 i 4500001 on1151519367 003 OCoLC 005 20210129095827.0 008 200407s2020 lau b 001 0deng 010 2020013963 020 9780807173725 020 080717372X |qhardcover 020 |z9780807174609 |qelectronic book 020 |z9780807174616 |qelectronic publication 035 (Sirsi) o1151519367 035 (OCoLC)1151519367 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dYDX |dBDX |dOCLCF |dOCL |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us---n-usu-- 050 00 E628 |b.N58 2020 082 00 973.7/82 |223 100 1 Nitz, Julia, |eauthor. |=^A1414263 245 10 Belles and poets : |bintertextuality in the Civil War diaries of White Southern women / |cJulia Nitz. 246 30 Intertextuality in the Civil War diaries of white southern women 264 1 Baton Rouge : |bLouisiana State University Press, |c[2020] 300 xi, 281 pages ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Southern literary studies 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Women Diarists, Civil War Experience, and the Literary Influence -- Literary Allusions in White Southern Women's Civil War Diaries -- The North, the South, and the Confederacy as Frameworks of Identity -- Literary Explorations of Slavery Ideology -- Literary Role Models: Antiheroines and Woman Warriors. 520 "In "Belles and Poets," Julia Nitz analyzes the Civil War diary writing of eight white women from the U.S. South, focusing specifically on how they made sense of the world around them through references to literary texts. She finds that many diarists incorporated allusions to poems, plays, and novels, especially works by Shakespeare and the British Romantic poets, in moments of uncertainty and crisis. While previous studies have overlooked or neglected such insertions of literature, regarding them as mere embellishments or signs of elite social status, Nitz reveals that literary references functioned as codes through which women diarists contemplated their roles in society, addressing topics related to slavery, Confederate politics, gender roles, and personal identity. Her innovative study of identity construction and literary intertextuality focuses on diaries written by the following women: Eliza Frances (Fanny) Andrews of Georgia (1840-1931), Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut of South Carolina (1823-1886), Malvina Sara Black Gist of South Carolina (1842-1930), Sarah Ida Fowler Morgan of Louisiana (1842-1909), Cornelia Peake McDonald of Virginia (1822-1909), Judith White Brockenbrough McGuire of Virginia (1813-1897), Sarah Katherine (Kate) Stone of Louisiana (1841-1907), and Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas of Georgia (1843-1907). Their diaries circulated among their associates in postwar commemoration associations and several saw publication. The public acclaim they received helped shape the collective memory of the war and contributed to asserting white supremacy and legitimizing racial segregation. Comparing and contrasting their own lives to literary precedents and fictional role models helped the diarists process the privations of war, the loss of family members, and the looming defeat of the Confederacy that called into question their perception of slavery as ordained by God. "Belles and Poets" establishes the extent to which literature offered a means of exploring ideas and convictions about class, gender, and racial hierarchies in the Civil War-era South. Nitz's work shows that literary allusions in wartime diaries chronicle the ways in which a group of southern women coped with the war and its potential threats to their way of life"-- |cProvided by publisher. 505 0 Women Diarists, Civil War Experience, and the Literary Influence -- Literary Allusions in White Southern Women's Civil War Diaries -- The North, the South, and the Confederacy as Frameworks of Identity -- Literary Explorations of Slavery Ideology -- Literary Role Models: Antiheroines and Woman Warriors -- Conclusion. 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |vPersonal narratives, Confederate. |=^A412092 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xWomen. |=^A187546 650 0 Women, White |zSouthern States |vDiaries. |=^A524111 650 0 Diaries |xWomen authors |xHistory and criticism. |=^A76443 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xLiterature and the war. |=^A183798 650 0 War and literature. |=^A72134 650 0 Diarists |zSouthern States |vBiography. |=^A868775 650 7 Diaries |xWomen authors. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00892676 650 7 Diarists. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00892681 650 7 War and literature. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01170442 651 7 Southern States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01244550 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 647 7 American Civil War |c(United States : |d1861-1865) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01351658 648 7 1861-1865 |2fast 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iOnline version:Nitz, Julia, |tBelles and poets |dBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2020. |z9780807174609 |w(DLC) 2020013964 830 0 Southern literary studies. |=^A17900 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s55.00 |uJWST |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5543266