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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... intellectual acquirements , the grander and more imperish- able will be the monuments of its intellectual existence . A petty national- ity of spirit is incompatible with true cultivation . An intense national self - consciousness ...
... intellectual acquirements , the grander and more imperish- able will be the monuments of its intellectual existence . A petty national- ity of spirit is incompatible with true cultivation . An intense national self - consciousness ...
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... intellectual life in the South : on the contrary , if , as the late Professor Parrington be- lieved , our political literature is our national glory , the South played a part in shaping that literature which probably surpasses , and ...
... intellectual life in the South : on the contrary , if , as the late Professor Parrington be- lieved , our political literature is our national glory , the South played a part in shaping that literature which probably surpasses , and ...
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... intellectual daring of deism but substituting no philosophy in its place which could not be bounded by camp - meeting and revival , circuit - rider and personal conversion ; and while doctrinal sermons which were exhibitions of intellectual ...
... intellectual daring of deism but substituting no philosophy in its place which could not be bounded by camp - meeting and revival , circuit - rider and personal conversion ; and while doctrinal sermons which were exhibitions of intellectual ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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