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Author:

Marrs, Cody author.

Title:

Not even past : the stories we keep telling about the Civil War / Cody Marrs.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

viii, 226 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

American Civil War (1861-1865)
United States--Literature and the war.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Literature and the war.
Race relations in literature.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Influence.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.
Race relations in literature.
War and literature.
United States.
1861-1865
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A Family Squabble -- A Dark and Cruel War -- The Lost Cause -- The Great Emancipation -- Afterword: Recent and Future Civil Wars.

Summary:

"The author examines how the Civil War continues to resonate in American literature and culture. The war is an unresolved conflict that rages through American culture. The author devotes chapters to different interpretations of the Civil War's legacy. In an afterword, he reflects on writing that responds to the events of recent memory that happened in Charleston and Charlottesville"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1421436655
9781421436654

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1104216445

LCCN:

2019020341

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)