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Title

Visions of order in William Gilmore Simms : Southern conservatism and the other American romance / Masahiro Nakamura.

Author

Nakamura, Masahiro.

Publication

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Description

xiii, 222 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 > Criticism and interpretation
• Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 > Political and social views
• Simms, William Gilmore
• Conservatism in literature
• Konservativismus
• Southern States > In literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-215) and index.

Contents

A Chronology of William Gilmore Simms -- Introduction. Simms's Americanness/Southernness and Southern Conservatism -- 1. Simms's "Southern" Romance and the Tradition of "American" Romance -- 2. Southern Conservatism and Simms's Social Philosophy -- 3. Simms's Southern View of Self and Society in Martin Faber -- 4. The Southern Revolutionary War: Simms's Ambivalence toward the Progress of American Civilization -- 5. America's Westward Expansion as "Yankee Necessities and Southern Curiosity" in Simms's Border Romances -- 6. Home versus Wilderness and Simms's Southern View of the Native American -- Conclusion: Visions of Order and Simms's Southernness.

ISBN

• 9781570038174 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1570038171 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008045277

OCLC

• ocn265733565
• 265733565
• SCSB-5479181

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries