Rebecca Harding Davis's Stories of the Civil War Era: Selected Writings from the Borderlands Paperback - 2009
by Rebecca Harding Davis; Robin L. Cadwallader (Editor); Sharon M. Harris (Editor)
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The ten stories gathered here show Rebecca Harding Davis to be an acute observer of the conflicts and ambiguities of a divided nation and position her as a major transitional writer between romanticism and realism. Capturing the fluctuating cultural environment of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, the stories explore such issues as racial prejudice and slavery, the loneliness and powerlessness of women, and the effects of postwar market capitalism on the working classes. Davis's characters include soldiers and civilians, men and women, young and old, black and white. Instead of focusing (like many writers of the period) on major conflicts and leaders, Davis takes readers into the intimate battles fought on family farms and backwoods roads, delving into the minds of those who experienced the destruction on both sides of the conflict.
Davis spent the war years in the Pennsylvania and Virginia borderlands, a region she called a "vast armed camp." Here, divided families, ravaged communities, and shifting loyalties were the norm. As the editors say, "Davis does not limit herself to writing about slavery, abolition, or reconstruction. Instead, she shows us that through the fighting, the rebuilding, and the politics, life goes on. Even during a war, people must live: they work, eat, sleep, and love."
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- Title Rebecca Harding Davis's Stories of the Civil War Era: Selected Writings from the Borderlands
- Author Rebecca Harding Davis; Robin L. Cadwallader (Editor); Sharon M. Harris (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A
- Date 2009-10-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780820334356 / 0820334359
- Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs -, United States - Social conditions - 1865-1918
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009022650
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.4
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