The burden of time : the fugitives and agrarians : the Nashville groups of the 1920s and 1930s, and the writing of John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren / by John L. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, John L., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989--Homes and haunts--Tennessee--Nashville.

Warren, Robert Penn.

American literature--Tennessee--Nashville--History and criticism.

American literature.

Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Tennessee--Nashville.

Authors, American.

Tennessee--Intellectual life--20th century.

Tennessee.

Southern States--Intellectual life--1865-.

Southern States.

Nashville (Tenn.)--Intellectual life.

Nashville (Tenn.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (567 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1965.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Two groups which originated in Nashville: Tennessee, in the early 1920's had a strong influence on American letters. Known as the "Fugitives" and "Agrarian," they included, among others, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Donald Davidson and Merrill Moore. This study of their contributions is, as R.W.B. Lewis has written, "a searching, supple, and most of the time brilliantly precise account of thee writing, ideas, and attitudes of several of this century's most interesting men of letters. The book achieves a kind of finality in the handling of its subject." Mr. Stewart concentrates on the ideas, styles, themes, and widespread influence of the two groups, rather than on historical data. He illuminates the literature produced within this particular historical and geographical context.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE. THE FUGITIVES: BEGINNINGS

CHAPTER TWO. THE FUGITIVE GROUP: 1922-1928

CHAPTER THREE. TOWARD AGRARIANISM

CHAPTER FOUR. AGRARIANISM AND AFTER

CHAPTER FIVE. JOHN CROWE RANSOM'S POETRY

CHAPTER SIX. RANSOM'S THEORIES OF POETRY AND CRITICISM

CHAPTER SEVEN. ALLEN TATE'S PROSE

CHAPTER EIGHT. ALLEN TATE'S POETRY

CHAPTER NINE. ROBERT PENN WARREN: THE LONG APPRENTICESHIP

CHAPTER TEN. ROBERT PENN WARREN: THE ACHIEVEMENT

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65110-8

1-4008-7626-5

OCLC:

966926213