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“A Vast Holiday Frolic”: The Touristic Potential of Sherman’s March to the Sea
College Literature Pub Date : 2016-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/lit.2016.0013
Nadine M. Knight

This article examines the writings of Union soldiers who participated in the Civil War campaigns of Sherman’s March to the Sea and his Carolinas campaigns. I argue that amidst the more mundane descriptions of the daily routines of military life—miles marched, the conditions of the food and the weather—some soldiers also took a keen pleasure in viewing Georgia and the Carolinas as a tourist destination. The soldiers’ use of touristic rhetoric reflects the significant cultural influence that nineteenth-century tourism had in the United States; more importantly, touristic rhetoric creates opportunities for praising a Southern landscape and culture from which slavery has been largely excised. These rhetorical strategies allow Sherman’s soldiers to downplay the destructiveness of their actions and pave the way toward reconciliation with the South after the war’s end.

中文翻译:

“一场浩瀚的假期嬉戏”:谢尔曼向海进军的旅游潜力

本文考察了参加谢尔曼向大海进军和他的卡罗莱纳战役的内战战役的联邦士兵的著作。我认为,在对军事生活日常生活的更平凡的描述中——行军里程、食物条件和天气——一些士兵也非常高兴地将佐治亚州和卡罗来纳州视为旅游目的地。士兵们对旅游修辞的使用反映了 19 世纪旅游对美国的重大文化影响;更重要的是,旅游修辞创造了赞美南方景观和文化的机会,奴隶制已从很大程度上被消除。
更新日期:2016-01-01
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