War Power: Literature and the State in the Civil War North

by Philip Gould

What happens if we reconsider the literature of the Civil War North in light of the transformation of the federal state's power? While literary scholarship about the Civil War has more generally focused on the rise of wartime nationalism, Philip Gould looks particularly at how literary works engage the subjects of censorship, propaganda, and the reconfigured meanings of "loyalty" and "treason" at a time of political crisis.

During the war the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198897359
• ISBN13: 9780198897354
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"