Belles and poets : intertextuality in the Civil War diaries of white southern women / Julia Nitz.

"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 novel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nitz, Julia (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]
Series:Southern literary studies.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
Women, White > Southern States > Diaries.
Diaries > Women authors > History and criticism.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Literature and the war.
War and literature.
Diarists > Southern States > Biography.
Diaries > Women authors.
Diarists.
Southern States.
United States.
1861-1865
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Diaries.
Biography.
Personal narratives, Confederate.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:xi, 281 pages.
Variant Title:
Intertextuality in the Civil War diaries of white southern women
Format: Book

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