A certain slant of light: regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction
In A Certain Slant of Light, David Marion Holman examines two prolific regional American literatures - those of the South and the Midwest - from about 1832 to 1925. By focusing on the role history played in the imaginations of selected writers of that period, he seeks to answer a perennial question:...
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| Sprache: | English |
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Baton Rouge [u.a.]
Louisiana State Univ. Press
1995
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| Ausgabe: | 1. print. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Southern literary studies
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| Zusammenfassung: | In A Certain Slant of Light, David Marion Holman examines two prolific regional American literatures - those of the South and the Midwest - from about 1832 to 1925. By focusing on the role history played in the imaginations of selected writers of that period, he seeks to answer a perennial question: What is "midwestern" about midwestern literature, and what is "southern" about southern literature? At least until 1910, Holman says, the fiction of the two regions was characterized by two very different modes - romance in the South and social realism in the Midwest. For the southerner, the past was the plantation, the aristocrat, and the Civil War. Even in writing about the present, the southern writer, Holman maintains, had to confront, directly or indirectly, the ghosts of the past - ghosts that could be exorcised, vilified, or romanticized, but never ignored For the midwestern writer, the past was the pioneer and the settling of the frontier - a past of promise unfulfilled and unattained. The midwestern myth at once glorified the common man as the promise of America and deplored him as venal and narrow-minded. By 1925 modernism had become a major force in American letters, providing the next generation of writers - perhaps best represented by Hemingway in the Midwest and Faulkner in the South - with new ways of confronting old ideologies, and these writers synthesized many of the premises of romance and realism |
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| spelling | Holman, David Marion Verfasser aut A certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction David Marion Holman 1. print. Baton Rouge [u.a.] Louisiana State Univ. Press 1995 137 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Southern literary studies In A Certain Slant of Light, David Marion Holman examines two prolific regional American literatures - those of the South and the Midwest - from about 1832 to 1925. By focusing on the role history played in the imaginations of selected writers of that period, he seeks to answer a perennial question: What is "midwestern" about midwestern literature, and what is "southern" about southern literature? At least until 1910, Holman says, the fiction of the two regions was characterized by two very different modes - romance in the South and social realism in the Midwest. For the southerner, the past was the plantation, the aristocrat, and the Civil War. Even in writing about the present, the southern writer, Holman maintains, had to confront, directly or indirectly, the ghosts of the past - ghosts that could be exorcised, vilified, or romanticized, but never ignored For the midwestern writer, the past was the pioneer and the settling of the frontier - a past of promise unfulfilled and unattained. The midwestern myth at once glorified the common man as the promise of America and deplored him as venal and narrow-minded. By 1925 modernism had become a major force in American letters, providing the next generation of writers - perhaps best represented by Hemingway in the Midwest and Faulkner in the South - with new ways of confronting old ideologies, and these writers synthesized many of the premises of romance and realism Geschichte 1832-1925 gnd rswk-swf Letterkunde gtt Littérature régionale Midwest (États-Unis) dans la littérature Roman américain - Midwest (États-Unis) - Histoire et critique Roman américain - États-Unis (Sud) - Histoire et critique Régionalisme - Midwest (États-Unis) Régionalisme - États-Unis (Sud) États-Unis (Sud) dans la littérature Literatur American fiction Middle West History and criticism American fiction Southern States History and criticism Regionalism in literature Regionalism Middle West Regionalism Southern States Roman (DE-588)4050479-7 gnd rswk-swf Regionalroman (DE-588)4177429-2 gnd rswk-swf Regionalliteratur (DE-588)4177428-0 gnd rswk-swf Midwest (États-Unis) - Vie intellectuelle États-Unis (Sud) - Vie intellectuelle Middle West In literature Middle West Intellectual life Southern States In literature Southern States Intellectual life USA Südstaaten (DE-588)4078674-2 gnd rswk-swf USA Mittlerer Westen (DE-588)4074909-5 gnd rswk-swf USA Südstaaten (DE-588)4078674-2 g Regionalroman (DE-588)4177429-2 s DE-604 USA Mittlerer Westen (DE-588)4074909-5 g Roman (DE-588)4050479-7 s Regionalliteratur (DE-588)4177428-0 s Geschichte 1832-1925 z |
| spellingShingle | Holman, David Marion A certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction Letterkunde gtt Littérature régionale Midwest (États-Unis) dans la littérature Roman américain - Midwest (États-Unis) - Histoire et critique Roman américain - États-Unis (Sud) - Histoire et critique Régionalisme - Midwest (États-Unis) Régionalisme - États-Unis (Sud) États-Unis (Sud) dans la littérature Literatur American fiction Middle West History and criticism American fiction Southern States History and criticism Regionalism in literature Regionalism Middle West Regionalism Southern States Roman (DE-588)4050479-7 gnd Regionalroman (DE-588)4177429-2 gnd Regionalliteratur (DE-588)4177428-0 gnd |
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| title | A certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction |
| title_auth | A certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction |
| title_exact_search | A certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction |
| title_full | A certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction David Marion Holman |
| title_fullStr | A certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction David Marion Holman |
| title_full_unstemmed | A certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction David Marion Holman |
| title_short | A certain slant of light |
| title_sort | a certain slant of light regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction |
| title_sub | regionalism and the form of southern and midwestern fiction |
| topic | Letterkunde gtt Littérature régionale Midwest (États-Unis) dans la littérature Roman américain - Midwest (États-Unis) - Histoire et critique Roman américain - États-Unis (Sud) - Histoire et critique Régionalisme - Midwest (États-Unis) Régionalisme - États-Unis (Sud) États-Unis (Sud) dans la littérature Literatur American fiction Middle West History and criticism American fiction Southern States History and criticism Regionalism in literature Regionalism Middle West Regionalism Southern States Roman (DE-588)4050479-7 gnd Regionalroman (DE-588)4177429-2 gnd Regionalliteratur (DE-588)4177428-0 gnd |
| topic_facet | Letterkunde Littérature régionale Midwest (États-Unis) dans la littérature Roman américain - Midwest (États-Unis) - Histoire et critique Roman américain - États-Unis (Sud) - Histoire et critique Régionalisme - Midwest (États-Unis) Régionalisme - États-Unis (Sud) États-Unis (Sud) dans la littérature Literatur American fiction Middle West History and criticism American fiction Southern States History and criticism Regionalism in literature Regionalism Middle West Regionalism Southern States Roman Regionalroman Regionalliteratur Midwest (États-Unis) - Vie intellectuelle États-Unis (Sud) - Vie intellectuelle Middle West In literature Middle West Intellectual life Southern States In literature Southern States Intellectual life USA Südstaaten USA Mittlerer Westen |
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