The unregenerate South : the agrarian thought of John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Donald Davidson / Mark G. Malvasi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malvasi, Mark G., 1957-

Series:

Southern literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.

American literature.

Historiography.

Literature and history.

History.

Southern States.

Literature and history--Southern States--History--20th century.

Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974--Knowledge and learning--Southern States.

Ransom, John Crowe.

Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Davidson, Donald, 1893-1968--Knowledge and learning--Southern States.

Davidson, Donald.

Davidson, Donald, 1893-1968.

Tate, Allen, 1899-1979--Knowledge and learning--Southern States.

Tate, Allen.

Tate, Allen, 1899-1979.

Southern States--Historiography.

Agrarians (Group of writers).

Physical Description:

xx, 261 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1997.

Summary:

A compelling examination of Agrarian thinking in southern history

John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Donald Davidson, three principal figures in the Southern Agrarian movement of the 1930s, envisioned the South as a redemptive community that would save humanity from the worst evils of the modern world. Each agreed that to defend the South's traditions and history would be a difficult undertaking, for most Americans dismissed the South as a bastion of poverty and a citadel of reaction. Mark G. Malvasi asserts, however, that these men differed markedly in their way of defining the nature and meaning of southern history through literature, society, religion, and race.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807121436

OCLC:

36582071