Traveling south: travel narratives and the construction of american identity
Auteur :
Cox, John D.
Éditeur :
University of Georgia Press
ISBN :
9780820327655
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
513 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The first major study of how narratives of travel through the antebellum South helped construct an American national identity during the years between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. John Cox makes his case on the basis of a broad range of texts that includes slave narratives, domestic literature, and soldiers’ diaries.