Loyal Subjects Bonds of Nation, Race and Allegiance in Nineteenth-century America
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31053658*spi |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 288 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780813551128 |
