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Reviewing the South

The Literary Marketplace and the Southern Renaissance, 1920-1941

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvSarah Gardner

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The American South received increased attention from national commentators during the interwar era. Beginning in the 1920s, the proliferation of daily book columns and Sunday book supplements in newspapers reflected a growing audience of educated readers and its demand for books and book reviews. This period of intensified scrutiny coincided with a boom in the publishing industry, which, in turn, encouraged newspapers to pay greater attention to the world of books. Reviewing the South shows how northern critics were as much involved in the Southern Literary Renaissance as Southern authors and critics. Southern writing, Gardner argues, served as a litmus to gauge Southern exceptionalism. For critics and their readers, nothing less than the region's ability to contribute to the vibrancy and growth of the nation was at stake.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-04-24
Mått160 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies on the American South
Antal sidor326
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781107147942

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'Gardner, one of America's leading literary historians, offers strikingly fresh insights into the South and the nation between the World Wars. In shifting our focus from authors to the commercial book industry, Gardner reveals a world of reviewers, readers, and publishers, a culture that has remained largely hidden until now. This book will shape our understanding of American literary history for years to come.' Jonathan Daniel Wells, University of Michigan