Confederate minds: : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South

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Label

Confederate minds: : the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South

Title remainder

the struggle for intellectual independence in the Civil War South

Statement of responsibility

Michael T. Bernath

Creator

• Bernath, Michael T

Subject

• American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism
• Confederate States of America -- Intellectual life
• Electronic books
• Group identity -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
• Regionalism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
• Southern States -- Civilization -- 19th century
• Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

During the Civil War, some Confederates sought to prove the distinctiveness of the southern people and to legitimate their desire for a separate national existence through the creation of a uniquely southern literature and culture. Michael Bernath follows the activities of a group of southern writers, thinkers, editors, publishers, educators, and ministers--whom he labels Confederate cultural nationalists--in order to trace the rise and fall of a cultural movement dedicated to liberating the South from its longtime dependence on Northern books, periodicals, and teachers. By analyzing the motives driving the struggle for Confederate intellectual independence, by charting its wartime accomplishments, and by assessing its failures, Bernath makes provocative arguments about the nature of Confederate nationalism, life within the Confederacy, and the perception of southern cultural distinctiveness

Member of

• Civil War America (Series)
• hoopla (Digital media service)

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

973.7/13

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Civil War America

Target audience

adult