War power : literature and the state in the Civil War north /
What happens if we reconsider the literature of the Civil War North in light of the transformation of the federal state's power? While literary scholarship about the Civil War has more generally focused on the rise of wartime nationalism, Philip Gould looks particularly at how literary works en...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York : Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in American literary history.
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| Summary: | What happens if we reconsider the literature of the Civil War North in light of the transformation of the federal state's power? While literary scholarship about the Civil War has more generally focused on the rise of wartime nationalism, Philip Gould looks particularly at how literary works engage the subjects of censorship, propaganda, and the reconfigured meanings of 'loyalty' and 'treason' at a time of political crisis. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 233 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198897354 0198897359 |