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The Resource Two novels, by Mary Chesnut ; edited by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, with an introduction by Elizabeth Hanson

Two novels, by Mary Chesnut ; edited by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, with an introduction by Elizabeth Hanson

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As the well-educated and socially skilled wife of a prominent Confederate, Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823-86) was ideally situated - and intellectually equipped - to record the narrative of daily life in the Confederacy during the Civil War. Yet while she is widely recognized for the significant contribution of her "diaries," Mary Chesnut's other works chronicling her experiences in the Civil War South have remained unpublished and virtually unknown until now." "Intensely autobiographical novels, The Captain and the Colonel and Two Years - or The Way We Lived Then - are Chesnut's fictionalized accounts of the world as women experienced it in the mid-nineteenth-century South. These short, unfinished novels address a wide range of subjects related to women and serve as an extension of the valuable source material found in the diaries, revealing much about southern history and culture, gender roles, slave-mistress relations, childhood, education, the experiences of westward migration, and the impact of the Civil War on private lives and relationships." "With an introduction by Elizabeth Hanson that places Chesnut's novels in their social context, and thoughtfully edited by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, Mary Chesnut's fiction is a fascinating and long overdue addition to the library of southern history
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eng
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1 online resource (xxxv, 216 pages)
Contents
  • The captain and the colonel
  • Two years, or, The way we lived then
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Two novels
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Two novels
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by Mary Chesnut ; edited by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, with an introduction by Elizabeth Hanson
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Language
eng
Summary
As the well-educated and socially skilled wife of a prominent Confederate, Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823-86) was ideally situated - and intellectually equipped - to record the narrative of daily life in the Confederacy during the Civil War. Yet while she is widely recognized for the significant contribution of her "diaries," Mary Chesnut's other works chronicling her experiences in the Civil War South have remained unpublished and virtually unknown until now." "Intensely autobiographical novels, The Captain and the Colonel and Two Years - or The Way We Lived Then - are Chesnut's fictionalized accounts of the world as women experienced it in the mid-nineteenth-century South. These short, unfinished novels address a wide range of subjects related to women and serve as an extension of the valuable source material found in the diaries, revealing much about southern history and culture, gender roles, slave-mistress relations, childhood, education, the experiences of westward migration, and the impact of the Civil War on private lives and relationships." "With an introduction by Elizabeth Hanson that places Chesnut's novels in their social context, and thoughtfully edited by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, Mary Chesnut's fiction is a fascinating and long overdue addition to the library of southern history
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1823-1886
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Chesnut, Mary Boykin
Dewey number
813/.4
Index
index present
LC call number
PS1292.C59
LC item number
C36 2002
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • 1944-
  • 1823-1886
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  • Muhlenfeld, Elisabeth
  • Chesnut, Mary Boykin
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The publications of the Southern Texts Society
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  • American Civil War (1861-1865)
  • United States
  • Charleston (S.C.)
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi
  • South Carolina
  • United States
  • United States
  • Charleston (S.C.)
  • Mississippi.
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Two novels, by Mary Chesnut ; edited by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, with an introduction by Elizabeth Hanson
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The captain and the colonel -- Two years, or, The way we lived then
Extent
1 online resource (xxxv, 216 pages)
Form of item
online
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1046610822
Label
Two novels, by Mary Chesnut ; edited by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, with an introduction by Elizabeth Hanson
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The captain and the colonel -- Two years, or, The way we lived then
Extent
1 online resource (xxxv, 216 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1046610822

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