A disturbing and alien memory : southern novelists writing history /
In the late nineteenth century, as the study of history shifted from the domain of letters into the social sciences, novelists in the North and the West generally turned away from writing history. Many southern novelists and poets, however, continued to undertake historical writing as an extension o...
| Основен автор: | Mitchell, Douglas L., 1968- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Southern literary studies.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=262678 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Disturbing and alien memory. |
| Резюме: |
In the late nineteenth century, as the study of history shifted from the domain of letters into the social sciences, novelists in the North and the West generally turned away from writing history. Many southern novelists and poets, however, continued to undertake historical writing as an extension of their art form. What made southern literary figures differ from their northern and western counterparts? In A Disturbing and Alien Memory, Douglas L. Mitchell addresses this intriguing question by tracing a line of southern writers from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth, finding th. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (264 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807134863 0807134864 0807133736 9780807133736 |