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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... elements of which it is composed , and in the peculiar influences amidst which these elements have been moulded together , a promise of that blending of the philosophic in thought with the enthusiastic in feeling , which makes a ...
... elements of which it is composed , and in the peculiar influences amidst which these elements have been moulded together , a promise of that blending of the philosophic in thought with the enthusiastic in feeling , which makes a ...
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... element that makes it mean so much in the new life of the South , an element that adds to its merely intrinsic value a ... elements making for better intellectual conditions in the South . But the scientific method and spirit , -the ...
... element that makes it mean so much in the new life of the South , an element that adds to its merely intrinsic value a ... elements making for better intellectual conditions in the South . But the scientific method and spirit , -the ...
Page 437
... elements is likely to lead to a rejection of ornament , and a devotion to ornament may make the elements seem unacknowledgeable . Fifty years ago , of course , ornament was in the lead , whereas now - not always without self- deception ...
... elements is likely to lead to a rejection of ornament , and a devotion to ornament may make the elements seem unacknowledgeable . Fifty years ago , of course , ornament was in the lead , whereas now - not always without self- deception ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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