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Play in Augustus Baldwin Longstreet’s Georgia Scenes by Ahmed Nimeiri The distinguishing feature of Augustus Baldwin LongstreetÕs Georgia Scenes is its depiction of play Ñ in its two senses of contesting and role playing Ñ as the hallmark of antebellum southern life. The titles of the sketches indicate that they are predominantly concerned with games, sports and artistic performances, and in every sketch there is some form of play, from the obvious forms of sport and role playing to, in a few sketches, the more complicated social games and rituals. In most cases Longstreet presents characters as behaving in life as if they were per- forming on a stage. These characters range from the young man in ÒGeorgia Theatrics,Ó who rehearses a courthouse Þght, to Ned Brace who assumes different characters in pursuit of humor, to Miss Crump and her affectations, to a group of young men pretending to be wax Þgures, to the narrators, Hall and Baldwin, taking part in activities that are essentially role playing. Characters that act directly and immediately without a sense of a deliberate performance are scarce. Few critics have noted the importance of play in Georgia Scenes. The pi- oneering effort in this
The Southern Literary Journal – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jun 1, 2001
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