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 98
... material wealth , depends upon this very diversity of pursuits . Look at the fact . The South produces all the great staples of the country - cotton , rice , indigo , tobacco , sugar , molasses , lum- ber , tar , pitch , turpentine ...
... material wealth , depends upon this very diversity of pursuits . Look at the fact . The South produces all the great staples of the country - cotton , rice , indigo , tobacco , sugar , molasses , lum- ber , tar , pitch , turpentine ...
Page 162
... material as has fallen to these younger writers of the South . Behind them , fading away in the distance , but still clear to the eye and most intelligible through its ruined picturesque landmarks , the vast landscape of the old régime ...
... material as has fallen to these younger writers of the South . Behind them , fading away in the distance , but still clear to the eye and most intelligible through its ruined picturesque landmarks , the vast landscape of the old régime ...
Page 197
... material as well as Spain and Germany . It was then that Longfellow gave to the world his trilogy of long poems dealing solely with American life ; and " Evangeline , " " Hiawatha , " and the " Courtship of Miles Standish " remain as ...
... material as well as Spain and Germany . It was then that Longfellow gave to the world his trilogy of long poems dealing solely with American life ; and " Evangeline , " " Hiawatha , " and the " Courtship of Miles Standish " remain as ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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