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On Matters Southern

By Marion Montgomery

On Matters Southern

By Marion Montgomery

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Marion Montgomery, family man, citizen, professor, literary critic, poet, philosopher, is a prolific defender of the poetic, cultural and critical vision of the Fugitive poets, the Southern Agrarian writers, and the New Critics of the 20th century. He has published more than 20 major works of criticism in the past 40 years. This volume presents 16 of his essays, selected and edited by Michael M. Jordan with a foreword by noted historian Eugene D. Genovese. It is a good introduction to the thinking and writing of a man who speaks for southern conservatism with passion and imagination, with head and heart, exercising both faith and reason. This work is divided into five sections--"The Author at Work and at Home," "On Place and Region," "On Fugitives, Agrarians, and New Critics," "On Individual Authors" and "On Books and Schooling." In the essays Montgomery discusses the importance of place in all serious literature, but especially in southern letters. He notes differences between southern and northern fiction. He pays tribute to Andrew Lytle, Madison Jones, and M.E. Bradford, and explicates the fiction of Walker Percy. Taken together, the essays reveal Montgomery's gifts and temperament: a keen intellect combined with a reverential awareness of the importance of tradition.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
214
Release Date:
2005-08-30
Publication Date:
2005-09-05
Publisher:
McFarland
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0786422246
ISBN13:
9780786422241
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
355 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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