Prison Pens | Gender, Memory, and Imprisonment in the Writings of Mollie Scollay and Wash Nelson, 1863-1866

Timothy J. Williams (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 082035192X / ISBN 13: 9780820351926

Published by University of Georgia Press, 2018

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Prison Pens | Gender, Memory, and Imprisonment in the Writings of Mollie Scollay and Wash Nelson, 1863-1866 | Timothy J. Williams (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2018 | University of Georgia Press | EAN 9780820351926 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prison Pens | Gender, Memory, and Imprisonment in the Writings of Mollie Scollay and Wash Nelson, 1863-1866
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082035192X
• ISBN 13: 9780820351926
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 10D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 270 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Prison Pens presents the memoir of a captured Confederate soldier in northern Virginia and the letters he exchanged with his fiancée during the Civil War. Wash Nelson and Mollie Scollay’s letters, as well as Nelson’s own manuscript memoir, provide rare insight into a world of intimacy, despair, loss, and reunion in the Civil War South. The tender voices in the letters combined with Nelson’s account of his time as a prisoner of war provide a story that is personal and political, revealing the daily life of those living in the Confederacy and the harsh realities of being an imprisoned soldier. Ultimately, through the juxtaposition of the letters and memoir, Prison Pens provides an opportunity for students and scholars to consider the role of memory and incarceration in retelling the Confederate past and incubating Lost Cause mythology.

This book will be accompanied by a digital component: a website that allows students and scholars to interact with the volume’s content and sources via an interactive map, digitized letters, and special lesson plans.

About the Author

Timothy J. Williams (Editor)
TIMOTHY J. WILLIAMS is an assistant professor of history at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Intellectual Manhood: University, Self, and Society in the Antebellum South.

Evan A. Kutzler (Editor)
EVAN A. KUTZLER is an assistant professor of history at Georgia Southwestern University. He is the author (with photographer Jill Stuckey) of Ossabaw Island: A Sense of Place.