Political Work of Northern Women Writers and the Civil War, 1850-1872

by Lyde Cullen Sizer

Book Overview

This volume explores the lives and works of nine Northern women who wrote during the Civil War period, examining the ways in which, through their writing, they engaged in the national debates of the time. Lyde Sizer shows that from the 1850 publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin through Reconstruction, these women, as well as a larger mosaic of lesser-known writers, used their mainstream writings publicly to make sense of war, womanhood, Union, slavery,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848859
• ISBN13: 9780807848852
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.3"