Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-309) and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Colleen Glenney Boggs -- Part I: Teaching Civil War literature in historical context. Contradictions and ambivalence: Emerson, Hawthorne and the antebellum origins of Civil War literature / Larry J. Reynolds -- Complicating the relation between literature and history: Slave participation in fact and fiction / Tess Chakkalakal -- Truth and consequences: helping students contextualize the literary aftermath of the American Civil War / Coleman Hutchison -- Teaching Civil War literature to international students: A case study from South Korea / Wiebke Omnus Klumpenhower -- Team-teaching the Civil War at historical sites / Darren T. Williamson, Shawn Jones, and William Steele -- Part II: Teaching various genres. Constituting communities: reading the Civil War in poetry and song / Faith Barrett -- Reading on the (home) front: teaching soldiers' dime novels / Allison E. Carey -- Letters, memoranda, and official documents: teaching nonfiction prose / Christopher Hager -- Approaches to life writing: Confederate women's diaries and the construction of ethnic identity / Dana McMichael -- Teaching Civil War speech; or, Abraham Lincoln's texts in context / Alex W. Black -- Part III: Teaching specific topics. The civil war and literary realism / Ian Finseth -- War landscapes / Michael Ziser -- Brotherhood in Civil War-era America / Matthew R. Davis -- Poetic representations of African American soldiers / Catherine E. Saunders -- Women's roles in antislavery and Civil War literature / Jessica Despain -- "Treasonable sympathies": affect and allegiance in the war / Elizabeth Duquette -- Part IV: Teaching materials. Teaching through primary source documents / Julia Stern -- Teaching with images: synthesizing the Civil War in fact and fiction / Melissa J. Strong -- Recollecting the Civil War through nineteenth-century periodicals / Kathleen Diffley -- Teaching with contemporary anthologies / Timothy Sweet -- Teaching with historical anthologies / Jess Roberts -- Using digital archives / Susan M. Ryan -- War literature and first-year writing instruction / Rebecca Entel -- Part V: Resources. Reference guides -- General studies -- Anthologies, readers, and document collections -- Visual materials -- Recommended print editions -- Additional resources for specific authors and texts -- Autobiographies and diaries -- Dime novels -- Special topics.
Summary:
"Offers pedagogical techniques for teaching the literatures of the American Civil War in the college classroom. Among the topics covered are history, slavery, literary realism, landscapes and battle sites, and the great variety of texts worth studying. Includes information on editions, reference works, biographies, and online resources. Gives syllabus suggestions for undergraduate and graduate courses."-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Modern Language Association of America. Options for teaching
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