An edition of Heartland of the imagination
(2012)
Heartland of the imagination
conservative values in American literature from Poe to O'Connor to Haruf
by Jeffrey J. Folks
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"This book focuses on works of conservative American writers and others who have written of America. Beginning with the work of Poe, the book explores the traditionalist temper in books by Lindsay, Dostoevsky, Hitchcock, Naipaul, and Haruf. Drawing on the theories of Simpson, Kolakowski, Scruton, and Himmelfarb, among others, this text offers a significant aspect of American culture"--Provided by publisher.
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Heartland of the imagination: conservative values in American literature from Poe to O'Connor to Haruf
2012, McFarland & Co.
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078645976X 9780786459766
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Table of Contents
Poe and The cogito
Poe and Lindsay, literary outcasts
Vachel Lindsay's covenant with America
Agee and Dostoyevsky: two writers possessed
Flannery O'Connor's conservatism: a reading of The violent bear it away
Naipaul's turn in the American south
The fiction of Kent Haruf
Epilogue: The dialect of the tribe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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