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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... never penned Their inspiration - and perchance the best . Some of these stand high , and deservedly so , not merely within our own borders , but among the Sister States beyond . Perhaps , but for this latter fact , they would not stand ...
... never penned Their inspiration - and perchance the best . Some of these stand high , and deservedly so , not merely within our own borders , but among the Sister States beyond . Perhaps , but for this latter fact , they would not stand ...
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... never constitute the groundwork of enjoyable fiction . The colored race themselves can never regard the estate of bondage as a romantic epoch , or desire to perpetuate its memories . Slavery and rebellion , therefore , " he concludes ...
... never constitute the groundwork of enjoyable fiction . The colored race themselves can never regard the estate of bondage as a romantic epoch , or desire to perpetuate its memories . Slavery and rebellion , therefore , " he concludes ...
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... never have survived . But that is true of Miss Glasgow and Mr. Cabell as it was true of Thomas Nelson Page and Joel Chandler Harris . " She never was much given to literature " remains among the truest words ever spoken of the South ...
... never have survived . But that is true of Miss Glasgow and Mr. Cabell as it was true of Thomas Nelson Page and Joel Chandler Harris . " She never was much given to literature " remains among the truest words ever spoken of the South ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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