On Matters Southern: Essays About Literature And Culture, 1964-2000 артикул 7602d.
On Matters Southern: Essays About Literature And Culture, 1964-2000 артикул 7602d.

Book DescriptionMarion 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 ожынэ volume presents 26 of his essays, selected and edited by Michael M Jordan with a foreword by noted historian Eugene D Genovese It is a good introductionto 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 Placeand 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 Montgomerys gifts and temperament: a keen intellect combined with a reverential awareness of the importance of tradition.  Перед вами2005 г 214 стр ISBN 0786422246.