Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause

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Enduring Legacy Enduring Legacy Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause W. Stuart Towns The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2012 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-­0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Minion and Goudy Sans Cover photograph by Neal Birch ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of Ameri­ can National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-­ 1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Towns, W. Stuart, 1939– Enduring legacy : rhetoric and ritual of the lost cause / W. Stuart Towns. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1752-2 (trade cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8581-1­ (electronic) 1. Group identity—Southern States. 2. Speeches, addresses, etc., American—Southern States—History and criticism. 3. English language— Southern States—Rhetoric. 4. Memory—Social aspects—Southern States. 5. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Influence. 6. Southern States—Civilization . 7. Confederate States of America—History. 8. Southern States—Languages— History. 9. Oratory—Southern States—History. I. Title. F209.T69 2012 973.7′13—dc23 2011036633 To Helen Ruth, who shares my love of the South. My deepest thanks for all these years as my best editor, critic, and friend. ...