Our South : Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature / Jennifer Rae Greeson.
Greeson, Jennifer Rae, author.
2010
PS261 .G74 2010eb
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Title Our South : Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literature / Jennifer Rae Greeson.
Author Greeson, Jennifer Rae, author.
ISBN 9780674059351
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674059351
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2010]
Copyright ©2010
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (368 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674059351 doi
Call Number PS261 .G74 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9 35875
Summary Our South offers a provocative new interpretation of the literature of the South within the literary and political history of the United States. The richly original central insight is Greeson's claim that writings about the South have profoundly shaped American literature and culture. Yet, as she details, generations of literary scholars have ignored the South in constructing a national imaginary, and she's critical of those northern writers who use the South as site of their imperialist visions. With clear critical readings of dozens of specific works, Greeson crucially shows how important region is to an understanding of American culture and identity.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Illustrations
Introduction: Magnet South Nationalization / The Plantation South
The Problem of the Plantation
Putting the Colonial Past in Its Place
Domestic Possession and the Imperial Impulse
The Enemy Within
Industrialization and Expansion / The Slave South
Underwriting Free Labor and Free Soil
American Universal Geography
Dark Satanic Fields
The Masterwork of National Literature
The Question of Empire / The Reconstruction South
Abandoned Lands and Exceptional Empire
The Glory of Disaster
Internal Islands and the American Scene, 1898-1905
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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