Belles and poets: intertextuality in the civil war diaries of white southern women
Auteur :
Nitz, Julia
Éditeur :
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN :
9780807173725
Date de publication :
4 nov. 2020
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,1 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
570 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Analyses the Civil War diary writing of eight white women from the US South, focusing specifically on how they made sense of the world around them through references to literary texts. Julia Nitz finds that many diarists incorporated allusions to poems, plays, and novels, especially works by Shakespeare and the British Romantic poets.