CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES OF POST-CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION: RODMAN THE KEEPER: SOUTHERN SKETCHES BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON
CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES OF POST-CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION: RODMAN THE KEEPER: SOUTHERN SKETCHES BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON
Author(s): Elisabetta MarinoSubject(s): Studies of Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Civil War; Constance Fenimore Woolson; freedmen; minorcans; reconstruction;
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims at examining the way Constance Fenimore Woolson tackled the controversial issue of rebuilding the nation and redefining American citizenship after the Civil War in Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches, a collection of short stories released in 1880. The narratives explore the tensions between white Northerners, white Southerners, newly released African American slaves, and the Minorcans of Florida.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 28/2022
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 89-96
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English