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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... field of study . The 1880s had seen many articles asserting the renewed liveliness of writing in the former Confederacy and the potential of the region for thematic materials for fiction . By the 1890s writers like Page and scholars ...
... field of study . The 1880s had seen many articles asserting the renewed liveliness of writing in the former Confederacy and the potential of the region for thematic materials for fiction . By the 1890s writers like Page and scholars ...
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... field was the mountaineer life of Eastern Tennessee , as Mr. Harris ' was the life of the Georgia negroes and Crackers , and Mr. Cable's that of the early nineteenth - century Creoles of Louisiana . She is more romantic than either of ...
... field was the mountaineer life of Eastern Tennessee , as Mr. Harris ' was the life of the Georgia negroes and Crackers , and Mr. Cable's that of the early nineteenth - century Creoles of Louisiana . She is more romantic than either of ...
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... field of recent historic writing in the South , though here I may be accusing my own ignorance rather than the sterility of that field . My ignorance in any direc- tion but that of fiction and poetry is very great , and , for all I know ...
... field of recent historic writing in the South , though here I may be accusing my own ignorance rather than the sterility of that field . My ignorance in any direc- tion but that of fiction and poetry is very great , and , for all I know ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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