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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... Hand " ( 1905 ) Like Voice of the Negro , Colored American Magazine published several critiques of the more reactionary and racist elements in Southern prose of the day . The ... HAND " 267 "Southern Writers Take Their Pen in Hand" (1905)
... Hand " ( 1905 ) Like Voice of the Negro , Colored American Magazine published several critiques of the more reactionary and racist elements in Southern prose of the day . The ... HAND " 267 "Southern Writers Take Their Pen in Hand" (1905)
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... hand , and for presumptuous provincial- ism on the other . To generalize about it is rash indeed . And yet there are the peculiar molding forces of generations : the scattered population , the racial cleavage and distinction , the ...
... hand , and for presumptuous provincial- ism on the other . To generalize about it is rash indeed . And yet there are the peculiar molding forces of generations : the scattered population , the racial cleavage and distinction , the ...
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... hand , it is the land of flea - bitten poverty , poor , bigoted , and behind the times . Or , to take another instance , since the specific Scottish parallels are not important : the South- erner may find himself in the position of the ...
... hand , it is the land of flea - bitten poverty , poor , bigoted , and behind the times . Or , to take another instance , since the specific Scottish parallels are not important : the South- erner may find himself in the position of the ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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