This dissertation is a collection of the editorials and editorial materials published in the Daily South Carolinian and the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian between January 14, 1864, and February 17, 1865, as a contribution to scholarship concerned with Southern history, journalism, literature, and thought during the Civil War. / Henry Timrod, poet laureate of the Confederacy, was editor of the newspaper during the time period indicated above. The primary motivation for this dissertation was an attempt to gather and make available to serious students Timrod's editorial prose writings. It was assumed in the dissertation that Henry Timrod wrote most, if not all, of the editorials appearing in the Daily South Carolinian, called the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian in its rural edition. However, it is impossible to say with certainty which editorials are Timrod's. / It is enlightening, both as to the man and his time, to look at some of the concerns which recur in the pages of these editorials. / Of primary concern was the fact of the war itself and the events that transpired. Corollary to this was the absorption with the problems of everyday war-time living. / The financial problems of the Confederacy and the 1864 presidential election in the North were two major concerns encountered in the editorials. / The editor also wrote often about the desire of the Confederacy for recognition by England; he also discussed world events which were of interest to Confederate readers of 1864. / Sherman's campaign for Atlanta and Grant's siege of Richmond figured prominently in the editorials of the latter months of 1864. / All in all, the editorials provide a fascinating insight into Southern thought and attitudes of the time and a fresh revelation of the mind and skill of the editor, Henry Timrod. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-02, Section: A, page: 0522. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75279 |
| Contributors | WEST, WILLIAM FRANCISCUS, JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 988 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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