"Loyal Subjects illuminates our understanding of sympathy, civic life, and literary production around and after the Civil War. By taking up the concept of loyalty as distinctive from sentiment and sympathy, Duquette makes a powerful case for the Civil War as a rich locus of narrative meaning."
— Caroline Levander, Rice University
"Duquette has written a compelling, well-researched study of how literary texts 'defined, disseminated, and resisted' loyalty during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Recommended."
— Choice
"A provocative literary rendering of the idea of loyalty during the Civil War era."
— Journal of American History
"A provocative literary rendering of the idea of loyalty during the Civil War era."
— Journal of American History
"Loyal Subjects illuminates our understanding of sympathy, civic life, and literary production around and after the Civil War. By taking up the concept of loyalty as distinctive from sentiment and sympathy, Duquette makes a powerful case for the Civil War as a rich locus of narrative meaning."
— Caroline Levander, Rice University
"Duquette has written a compelling, well-researched study of how literary texts 'defined, disseminated, and resisted' loyalty during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Recommended."
— Choice