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Author:

Brinkmeyer, Robert H.

Title:

The fourth ghost : white Southern writers and European fascism, 1930-1950 / Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xv, 413 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
American literature--White authors.--White authors.
Fascism and literature--Southern States--History--20th century.
Authors, American--Southern States--Political and social views.
Fascism in literature
Racism in literature
Southern States--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-399) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the fourth ghost -- Dangerous liaisons: the Nashville Agrarians -- Savagery on the frontier: W.J. Cash -- Pastoralism and extinction: William Alexander Percy -- Georgia on my mind: Lillian Smith -- You can't go to Germany, again: Thomas Wolfe -- Democracy's tall men: William Faulkner -- Something deathly in the air: Katherine Anne Porter -- Dispatches from the home front: Carson McCullers -- Pragmatism, idealism, responsibility: Robert Penn Warren -- Ravagers of the earth: Lillian Hellman -- Coda: the long shadow.

Series:

Southern literary studies

ISBN:

9780807133835 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807133833 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)226984675

LCCN:

2008019088

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)