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 169
... turn the seat of romantic empire . American genius has traced with care each step in the mysterious process by which the " dude " was evolved from the Puritan and the " cow - boy " from the pioneer . From Cooper to Hawthorne , the ...
... turn the seat of romantic empire . American genius has traced with care each step in the mysterious process by which the " dude " was evolved from the Puritan and the " cow - boy " from the pioneer . From Cooper to Hawthorne , the ...
Page 344
... turn into poets , and that poets , if they have a proper development , turn into writers of prose , or mature persons . Again it would seem to be by pure accident if this is so ; the accident being that the kind of poetry to which ...
... turn into poets , and that poets , if they have a proper development , turn into writers of prose , or mature persons . Again it would seem to be by pure accident if this is so ; the accident being that the kind of poetry to which ...
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... turn from the manner of their writing to the question of its content , the matter is clearer . Growing steadily more realistic ; in the case of the Caldwells and the Faulkners , sternly rooting out not only sentimentality but even ...
... turn from the manner of their writing to the question of its content , the matter is clearer . Growing steadily more realistic ; in the case of the Caldwells and the Faulkners , sternly rooting out not only sentimentality but even ...
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Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952 John Earl Bassett Limited preview - 1997 |
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