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Author:

Gardner, Sarah E., author.

Title:

Reviewing the South : the literary marketplace and the Southern Renaissance, 1920-1941 / Sarah E. Gardner, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiv, 316 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Book reviewing--United States--History--20th century.
American literature--History--History--20th century.
Book industries and trade--United States--History--20th century.
Critics--Northeastern States--History--20th century.
Southern States--Relations--Northeastern States.
Northeastern States--Relations--Southern States.
Southern States--Intellectual life--20th century.
Northeastern States--Intellectual life--20th century.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
American literature.
American literature--Publishing.
Book industries and trade.
Book reviewing.
Critics.
Intellectual life.
International relations.
Northeastern States.
Southern States.
United States.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: From Renaissance to Reformation -- The world the reviewers made -- The cultural economy of reading in the interwar years -- The South meets Harlem -- Confronting Jim Crow -- Away down South in the land of problems -- A class of burden bearers -- The most audacious book ever written by Southerners -- Fiction fights the Civil War -- Epilogue.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Cambridge studies on the American South

ISBN:

1107147948
9781107147942

OCLC:

(OCoLC)976035110

LCCN:

2016053917

Locations:

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