Blood & Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937
- ISBN-10
- 080785767X
- ISBN-13
- 9780807857670
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 341
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Sarah E. Gardner
Description
"Gardner's reading of a wide range of published and unpublished texts recovers a multifaceted vision of the South. For example, during the war, while its outcome was not yet a foregone conclusion, women's writings sometimes reflected loyalty and optimism; at other times, they revealed doubts and a wavering resolve. According to Gardner, it was only in the aftermath of defeat that a more unified vision of the southern cause emerged. By the beginning of the twentieth century, however, white women - who remained deeply loyal to their southern roots - were raising fundamental questions about the meaning of southern womanhood in the modern era."--BOOK JACKET.
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