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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524846903321

Autore

O'Brien Michael <1948-2015., >

Titolo

The Idea of the American South, 1920-1941 / Michael O'Brien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johns Hopkins University Press

ISBN

1-4214-3362-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages )

Collana

[Johns Hopkins University. Studies in historical and political science ; ; 97th series, no. 1]

Disciplina

975/.04

Soggetti

Literatur

Kultur

Historia Da America

Literature

Intellectual life

Civilization

Authors, American - Homes and haunts

American literature

Authors, American - Homes and haunts - Southern States

American literature - Southern States - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

United States Civilization 1918-1945

USA Südstaaten

Southern States

Southern States In literature

Southern States Civilization

Southern States Intellectual life 1865-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; part 1. The legacy. On the idea of the South : origins, mutation, and fragmentation -- ; part 2. The sociological vision : Howard Odum. Odum : sociology in the South ; Odum : Southern sociology ; Odum : the failure of regionalism -- ; Entr'acte. A still point : John Wade. Wade :



a turning inward -- ; part 3. The reaction to modernism : the Southern agrarians. John Ransom : the cycle of commitment ; Allen Tate : "the punctilious abyss" ; Frank Owsley : "the immoderate past" ; Donald Davidson : "the creed of memory" -- ; part 4. The survival of Southern identity. The idea of the South : an interpretation.