Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952John Earl Bassett Defining Southern Literature delineates several phases in the story of Southern literature. Debate over what makes Southern literature different - or even Southern - goes back many decades, and among the answers has been the debate itself, a uniquely pervasive regional self-consciousness over what makes Southern culture different. Certainly no other American region has been so distinctly "marked" as the South has. Attempts to delineate the special mission, nature, problems, and virtues of Southern writers can be traced back at least to the 1830s, when editors called - with only slight success - for a sectional literature and more supportive Southern readers. |
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Page 203
... Miss Baylor , and even before the war , there were other Virginian novelists of note in the older fashion , such as John Esten Cooke and Mar- ion Harland , the pseudonym of Mrs. Terhune ; and since Miss Baylor , and very long since the ...
... Miss Baylor , and even before the war , there were other Virginian novelists of note in the older fashion , such as John Esten Cooke and Mar- ion Harland , the pseudonym of Mrs. Terhune ; and since Miss Baylor , and very long since the ...
Page 339
... Miss Dorothy Canfield , and Miss Willa Cather . Mrs. Wharton and Miss Glasgow are spiritually some- times almost indistinguishable . Both of them have had to contend with moral or Puritan fervors which would have destroyed their ironies ...
... Miss Dorothy Canfield , and Miss Willa Cather . Mrs. Wharton and Miss Glasgow are spiritually some- times almost indistinguishable . Both of them have had to contend with moral or Puritan fervors which would have destroyed their ironies ...
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... Miss Grace Lumpkin , Miss Fielding Burke and , on the basis of their latest books , Mr. Berry Fleming and Mr. John Peale Bishop . Closer to this group in time , and approximate in purpose , is Miss Ellen Glasgow . It was she who ...
... Miss Grace Lumpkin , Miss Fielding Burke and , on the basis of their latest books , Mr. Berry Fleming and Mr. John Peale Bishop . Closer to this group in time , and approximate in purpose , is Miss Ellen Glasgow . It was she who ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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