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The Frontier Roots of American Realism (Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature)
The Frontier Roots of American Realism - Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature
Author: Gretchen Martin
In the antebellum South, the "plain folk" maintained social norms, ideals of honor, justice, gender, and liberty that were significantly distinct from town and planter gentility, and the humorists of the Old South captured this important distinction. Southwest humor flourished from the 1830s through the Civil War and this book provides a thoroug...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780820488110
ISBN-10: 0820488119
Pages: 136
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Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
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