WOMEN WRITE WAR:
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, CIVIL WAR
WOMEN, GONE WITH THE WIND, AND BELOVED
FOUR WEDNESDAYS, NOON – 1:30 P.M.
OCTOBER 22, 29, AND NOVEMBER 5, 19
COMPASS BANK, SECOND FLOOR,
2001 KIRBY AT SAN FELIPE
“So this is the little lady who made this big war,” was
Abraham Lincoln’s famous comment upon first meeting Harriet Beecher
Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Though war is often
considered “man’s business,” women have had significant
impact on pro- and anti-war efforts through their writing. Caroline
Levander, associate professor of English at Rice University and author
of books and essays on American literature, will focus on how women’s
writings contribute to feelings about war, how women writers depict
war and its aftermath, and how women’s novels help readers heal
the personal loss and national pain that war creates.
For those wishing to read the books, Civil War Women
is a short story collection in paperback published by Simon & Schuster.
The other three books may be read in any edition.
