![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And on my knees – prostrate - I prayed as I never prayed before. At half-past four, the heavy booming of a cannon. Like any good writer, Chesnut works to build tension: How can I? If Anderson does not accept terms - at four - the orders are - he shall be fired upon.” More than 20 years later, the incident develops as a deliberate narrative, beginning with a clear description of the situation: They say our men are wasting ammunition.” We go on the house top & see the shells bursting. I start up - dress & rush to my sisters in misery. The live long night I toss about - at half past four we hear the booming of the cannon. On April 12, 1861, Chesnut records her distress with great immediacy: To give you a sense of how diary became book, let us look at comparable passages in the original diary and Mary Chesnut’s Civil War. Here’s an excerpt from the transcript of Muhlenfeld's remarks: She examines how the well-educated young woman developed as a writer, comparing one of her initial diary entries to the final version Chesnut edited for publication. Scholar Elisabeth Showalter Muhlenfeld spoke of her research on the life and work of Mary Boykin Chesnut in a lecture full of fascinating details. ![]()
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