A strange and fearful interest : death, mourning, and memory in the American Civil War /

A strange and fearful interest : death, mourning, and memory in the American Civil War /

"A Strange and Fearful Interest explores how photography and other media were used to describe, to explain, and perhaps to come to terms with the national trauma of the American Civil War. The volume focuses on the Battle of Antietam, not only the bloodiest day in the nation's history but...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Watts, Jennifer A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: San Marino, CA : Huntington Library Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Assassination.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
19th century
Civil War, 1861-1865
Collective memory.
History.
Grief > Social aspects.
Grief.
Death > Social aspects.
Photography > Social aspects.
War and society.
Photography.
Social aspects.
War and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Photography > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Death > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Grief > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Collective memory > United States > History > 19th century.
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.
Assassination.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Photography.
Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.) > History.

External Link

Request from another library (InterLibrary Loan)

Art Library

Holdings details from Art Library
Call Number: E468.9 .W338 2015
Available  Place Request

Similar Items