Southern Literature From 1579-1895 / A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms / for the use of schools and the general readerLouise Manly
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 / A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms / for the use of schools and the general reader
Louise Manly
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Book language: English
521 pages
A comprehensive survey of Southern American literature from 1579 to 1895, written by Louise Manly for schools and general readers. It combines historical overviews, selected extracts, and critical commentary on Southern authors, with an appendix listing them. It offers a useful introduction to the region’s literary development and its place in American life.
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Southern Literature
From 1579-1895.
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FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND THE GENERAL READER
Containing an Appendix with a Full List of Southern Authors
BY
LOUISE MANLY
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PREFACE.
THE primary object of this book is to furnish our children with material for becoming acquainted with the development of American life and history as found in Southern writers and their works. It may