Heartland of the Imagination
Conservative Values in American Literature from Poe to O'Connor to Haruf
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:9th Nov '11
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Conservative strands in American literature are often overlooked in university courses. This book focuses on the works of conservative American writers and of others who have written of America from a conservative perspective. Beginning with the work of Edgar Allan Poe, the book explores the traditionalist temper in books by Vachel Lindsay, James Agee, Flannery O'Connor, V.S. Naipaul, and Kent Haruf. Drawing on the theories of Lewis P. Simpson, Leszek Kolakowski, Roger Scruton, and Gertrude Himmelfarb, among others, this text offers a fresh examination of a significant aspect of American literature.
ISBN: 9780786459766
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
Weight: 290g
212 pages