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BL
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1038281
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b792651
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| Main Entry
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Stern, Julia A.
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| Title & Author
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Mary Chesnut's Civil War epic /\ Julia A. Stern.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2010.
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1 online resource (xv, 330 pages)
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| ISBN
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0226773310
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: 1282504347
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: 661250434X
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: 9780226773315
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: 9781282504349
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: 9786612504341
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0226773280
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9780226773285
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Walls: epic in miniature -- Seeds: fertility, flowers, and fratricide -- Seeds: fruits and famine -- Words: reading and writing -- Smells: the stench of slavery and sentiment -- Masks: theatricals in black -- Masks: theatricals in white -- Revolt: family troubles in the house divided -- Revolt: more family troubles in the house divided -- Recognition: looking defeat in the face.
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| Abstract
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In this study of the Civil War diary of Mary Chesnut, the author seeks to establish the literary merits of Chesnut's 1880s revision & argues it is one of the great Civil War epics.
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Chesnut, Mary Boykin,1823-1886., Diary from Dixie.
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Chesnut, Mary Boykin Miller.
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Women-- Southern States-- Diaries-- History and criticism.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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Biography.
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Erzähltechnik
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HISTORY.
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Kriegsprosa
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Sezessionskrieg
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Women-- Diaries.
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Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
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Dagboeken.
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Diary from Dixie (Chesnut, Mary Boykin)
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Confederate States of America, History, Sources.
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Southern States, Biography, History and criticism.
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives, Confederate, History and criticism.
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Southern States.
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United States, Confederate States of America.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.7/82092
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| LC Classification
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E487.C5237 2010eb
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