ENG 290 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Atlantic, Mark Twain, Public Culture
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Textbook: the imagined civil war- popular literature of the north & south 1861-1865 by alice fahs. Introduction: most war literature explored connections between people and the nation, mostly white women and the nation. They wanted recognition for women"s allegiance to the nation: both seen in literature in the north and south, both the north and south wrote about experiences of african-americans (pg. 5: south did share some aspects with north (pg. 6: many civil war writers wrote pieces during previous conflicts, mexican war 1846-48, provided templates for civil war literature, the civil war was a driver for a more organized nation (pg.
