Blood And Irony Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937

Gardner reveals how southern white women writers created a cultural identity for themselves by consciously constructing a historical memory of the Civil War that fit the political and cultural needs of white southerners. Includes work from writers such as Ellen Glasgow, Margaret Mitchell, and Katherine Anne Porter, as well as pamphlets from the United Daughters of the Confederacy.Gardner, Sarah E. is the author of 'Blood And Irony Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937' with ISBN 9780807857670 and ISBN 080785767X.