{"product_id":"loyal-subjects-elizabeth-duquette-9780813547817","title":"Loyal Subjects: Bonds of Nation, Race, and Allegiance in Nineteenth-Century America","description":"When one nation becomes two, or when two nations become one, what does national affiliation mean or require? Elizabeth Duquette answers this question by demonstrating how loyalty was used during the U.S. Civil War to define proper allegiance to the Union. For Northerners during the war, and individuals throughout the nation after Appomattox, loyalty affected the construction of national identity, moral authority, and racial characteristics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoyal Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e considers how the Civil War complicated the cultural value of emotion, especially the ideal of sympathy. Through an analysis of literary works written during and after the conflict-from Nathaniel Hawthorne's \"Chiefly About War Matters\" through Henry James's \u003ci\u003eThe Bostonians\u003c\/i\u003e and Charles Chestnutt's \"The Wife of His Youth,\" to the Pledge of Allegiance and W.E.B. Du Bois's \u003ci\u003eJohn Brown\u003ci\u003e, among many others-Duquette reveals that although American literary criticism has tended to dismiss the Civil War's impact, postwar literature was profoundly shaped by loyalty.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth DuQuette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813547814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813547817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011","brand":"Elizabeth DuQuette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425074233599,"sku":"9780813547817","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97997f68-258b-4030-95a7-10d198e5e3fd.jpg?v=1761536832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loyal-subjects-elizabeth-duquette-9780813547817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}