Reclaiming the American Farmer: The Reinvention of a Regional Mythology in Twentieth-Century Southern Writing

by Mary Weaks-baxter

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In this stimulating study, Mary Weaks-Baxter views the Southern Renaissance, 1900--1960, from a fresh perspective. Many writers in the South began consciously to create new myths for the region at the start of the twentieth century, and these myths, Weaks-Baxter argues, reframed southern history and culture. Instead of being rooted in the plantation culture that had provided inspiration for nineteenth-century southern writers, the new literature...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807131296

ISBN13:9780807131299

Release Date:May 2006

Publisher:LSU Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"

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