Description: Philip Gould examines nineteenth-century literature in light of the transformation of the federal state's power during the American Civil War. How do literary works engage the subjects of censorship, propaganda, and the reconfigured meanings of "loyalty" and "treason" at a time of political crisis?
Review Quotes: "War Power offers both insight into what may come, and a sense of how even loyal literary writings, and art more generally, can work to name these federal aggressions and counter state power." -- Jill Spivey Caddel, The ALH Review