Loyal subjects [electronic resource] : bonds of nation, race, and allegiance in nineteenth-century America / Elizabeth Duquette.
When one nation becomes two, or when two nations become one, what does national affiliation mean or require? Loyal Subjects answers this question by demonstrating how loyalty was used during the U.S. Civil War to define proper allegiance to the Union. Through an analysis of literary works written du...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | American Literatures Initiative.
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| Summary: | When one nation becomes two, or when two nations become one, what does national affiliation mean or require? Loyal Subjects answers this question by demonstrating how loyalty was used during the U.S. Civil War to define proper allegiance to the Union. Through an analysis of literary works written during and after the conflict, Elizabeth Duquette reveals that although American literary criticism has tended to dismiss the Civil War's impact, postwar literature was profoundly shaped by loyalty. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813551128 0813551129 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |