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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... artist , the authority and the art would seem to be unavoidable . It would seem to be impossible , possessing the builder and the material , that the fabric should not rise beneath his hands . But , so it is ! Here they are not - there ...
... artist , the authority and the art would seem to be unavoidable . It would seem to be impossible , possessing the builder and the material , that the fabric should not rise beneath his hands . But , so it is ! Here they are not - there ...
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... artist if he has the divine impulse in him . For example , whatever of failure one may attribute to the works of Mr ... artistic quality of his nature , till there is the finer flavor of what is mere literature upon all each has written ...
... artist if he has the divine impulse in him . For example , whatever of failure one may attribute to the works of Mr ... artistic quality of his nature , till there is the finer flavor of what is mere literature upon all each has written ...
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... artists who are affected will do their work under the handicap of a painful self - consciousness . Theirs will be the dilemma of the modern artist who in one act must both deny himself and ex- press himself . There is no remedy , short ...
... artists who are affected will do their work under the handicap of a painful self - consciousness . Theirs will be the dilemma of the modern artist who in one act must both deny himself and ex- press himself . There is no remedy , short ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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