The American Civil War, I mean.
Admittedly, I haven't read that much historical fiction about the war (infact, my historical fic repetoire is somewhat, uh...starving, shall we say?)
But I'm now trying to make sense of fiction about the American Civil war - not only as a battle about states rights, but perhaps more importantly as a contentious moment to which a unified American identity must be reconciled.
That's as far as I've thought this through, for now. But I'm working on it - so drop me a line if you have any bright ideas!
Admittedly, I haven't read that much historical fiction about the war (infact, my historical fic repetoire is somewhat, uh...starving, shall we say?)
But I'm now trying to make sense of fiction about the American Civil war - not only as a battle about states rights, but perhaps more importantly as a contentious moment to which a unified American identity must be reconciled.
That's as far as I've thought this through, for now. But I'm working on it - so drop me a line if you have any bright ideas!
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