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 65
... existence , here and there , of individuals to whom the arts are friendly and familiar and among whom a generous passion prevails for literary lore and its exercise . But these , ' rari nantes in gurgite vasto , ' are very soon ...
... existence , here and there , of individuals to whom the arts are friendly and familiar and among whom a generous passion prevails for literary lore and its exercise . But these , ' rari nantes in gurgite vasto , ' are very soon ...
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... existence . It will be rich and varied and precious in proportion as the nation's intellectual culture is thorough and profound , and as its moral- ity is pure and lofty . The streams of knowledge flowing from all realms and all times ...
... existence . It will be rich and varied and precious in proportion as the nation's intellectual culture is thorough and profound , and as its moral- ity is pure and lofty . The streams of knowledge flowing from all realms and all times ...
Page 96
... existence ; old towns revive ; population becomes active ; the means of existence in- crease ; and new wants result naturally from larger resources with which to meet them . And the same causes bring about new facilities for the ...
... existence ; old towns revive ; population becomes active ; the means of existence in- crease ; and new wants result naturally from larger resources with which to meet them . And the same causes bring about new facilities for the ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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