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by Michael O'Brien


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The idea of the "South" has its roots in Romanticism and American culture of the nineteenth century. This study by Michael O'Brien analyzes how the idea of a unique Southern consciousness endured into the twentieth century and how it affected the lives of prominent white Southern intellectuals. Individual chapters treat Howard Odum, John Donald Wade, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Frank Owsley, and Donald Davidson. The chapters trace each man's growing need for the idea of the South--how each defined it and how far each was able to sustain the idea as an element of social analysis. The Idea of the American South moves the debate over Southern identity from speculative essays about the "central theme" of Southern history and, by implication, past the restricted perception that race relations are a sufficient key to understanding the history of Southern identity.

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  • Title Idea of the American South, 1920-1941
  • Author Michael O'Brien
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 302
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Date 2019-10-01
  • ISBN 9781421433622 / 1421433621
  • Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.68 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.73 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: South
  • Dewey Decimal Code 975.04

About the author

Michael O'Brien was a professor of American intellectual history at the University of Cambridge who focused on Southern intellectual history. He also taught at Vanderbilt University, the University of Michigan, the University of Arkansas, and Miami University.

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