Before the Civil War, the South had a flourishing culture. In the dormant decades following the surrender at Appomattox, however, southerners devoted most of their energies to survival, neglecting such luxuries as literature. It was not until the 1920s that the South experienced a significant rebirth of literary activity. Mark Royden Winchell's book is divided into two sections. The first, entitled "The Nashville Renascence," examines...