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A Place in the South

A Place in the South Michael Branch and Daniel Philippon One ofthe things that we are told is a key attribute of southern literature is the devo- tion to place.... We constantiy hear this advanced as an essential characteristic of southern writing. And I agree. But what exactly does it mean? What has it meant to various southern writers? Has anyone ever really tried to see what place is made to signify in southern writing? -Louis D. Rubin Southern Literature and Southern Society: Notes on a Clouded Relationship. Place, it must be said, is inherently particular, there is no such thing as a particular; it must necessarily "take place." In Virginia's Blue Ridge general place. The same must also be said about nature writing: it, too, is Mountains and Shenandoah Valley, American nature writing has been taking place for nearly four centuries, ever since the first setders in Jamestown recorded their thoughts about the unknown landscapes to the west. But signify in their texts? In keeping with the notion of particularity, we have what exactly has the idea of "place" meant to the hundreds ofwriters who followed these initial attempts to understand this place? What does "place" tried to answer this question by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

A Place in the South

Branch, Michael P.
Appalachian Review , Volume 26 (1) – Jan 8, 1998
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Michael Branch and Daniel Philippon One ofthe things that we are told is a key attribute of southern literature is the devo- tion to place.... We constantiy hear this advanced as an essential characteristic of southern writing. And I agree. But what exactly does it mean? What has it meant to various southern writers? Has anyone ever really tried to see what place is made to signify in southern writing? -Louis D. Rubin Southern Literature and Southern Society: Notes on a Clouded Relationship. Place, it must be said, is inherently particular, there is no such thing as a particular; it must necessarily "take place." In Virginia's Blue Ridge general place. The same must also be said about nature writing: it, too, is Mountains and Shenandoah Valley, American nature writing has been taking place for nearly four centuries, ever since the first setders in Jamestown recorded their thoughts about the unknown landscapes to the west. But signify in their texts? In keeping with the notion of particularity, we have what exactly has the idea of "place" meant to the hundreds ofwriters who followed these initial attempts to understand this place? What does "place" tried to answer this question by

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Published: Jan 8, 1998

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