War power

• Verfasst von: Gould, Philip [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: War power
• Titelzusatz: literature and the state in the civil war north
• Verf.angabe: Philip Gould
• Verlagsort: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: X, 233 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford studies in American literary theory
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889735-4
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Sezessionskrieg <1861-1865> / (s)Macht / (s)Literatur / (s)Nationalismus
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Gould, Philip, 1960 - : War power. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 246 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1903948010

Abstract

"What happens if we reconsider the literature of the Civil War North in light of the transformation of the federal state's power? While literary scholarship about the Civil War has more generally focused on the rise of wartime nationalism, Philip Gould looks particularly at how literary works engage the subjects of censorship, propaganda, and the reconfigured meanings of "loyalty" and "treason" at a time of political crisis. During the war the Lincoln Administration shut down opposition newspapers and curtailed free expression and civil liberties protected by the US Constitution. Lincoln also suspended the writ of habeas corpus to deal with political dissenters and try to control public opinion. Early in the war, he coined the phrase "war power" to describe the (presumed) powers to address this crisis; his policies became controversial throughout the conflict"--