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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... Virginia traits . Any discussion of Virginia matters finally turns to a description of the social life which was the pride of the State and its chief pleasure . If books were to be written there , this would naturally be the subject ...
... Virginia traits . Any discussion of Virginia matters finally turns to a description of the social life which was the pride of the State and its chief pleasure . If books were to be written there , this would naturally be the subject ...
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... Virginia in the great days indubitably the premier American state , the mother of Presi- dents and statesmen , the home of the first American university worthy of the name , the arbiter elegantiarum of the western world . Well , observe ...
... Virginia in the great days indubitably the premier American state , the mother of Presi- dents and statesmen , the home of the first American university worthy of the name , the arbiter elegantiarum of the western world . Well , observe ...
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... Virginia , for example , will reveal the same spirit as that which pervaded New England . Blue laws were enacted in Virginia which were just as severe as those passed in Massachusetts . The grand juries and vestries were as vigilant in ...
... Virginia , for example , will reveal the same spirit as that which pervaded New England . Blue laws were enacted in Virginia which were just as severe as those passed in Massachusetts . The grand juries and vestries were as vigilant in ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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