Confederate Belles-Lettres. A Bibliography And A Finding List Of The Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Songsters, And Miscellaneous Literature Published In The Confederate States Of America

RICHARD BARKSDALE HARWELL

Publication: The Book Farm, 1941, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

First edition. 8vo. Limited to 199 printed copies. Perfect-bound original printed wrappers, 79 pp., foreword, bibliography. A bibliographic reference work that catalogs Confederate-era fiction, poetry, drama, songsters, and other literary publications. The book also comments on the quality, themes, and patriotic tone of Confederate literature, noting that much of it focused on nationalism, sacrifice, military valor, religion, and Southern identity. It became one of the foundational bibliographies for the study of Confederate publishing and Civil War literary history. "A useful bibliography of an important aspect of Confederate social history" -- Nevins II, p. 192. "... it is still useful for its notes compiled from contemporaneous literature published in the Confederate States." ... In Tall Cotton 82. Foreword by Robert H. Woody.