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Play in Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's Georgia Scenes

Play in Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's Georgia Scenes Play in Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's Georgia Scenes by Ahmed Nimeiri The distinguishing feature of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's Georgia Scenes is its depiction of play--in its two senses of contesting and role playing--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 performing on a stage. These characters range from the young man in "Georgia Theatrics," who rehearses a courthouse fight, 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 figures, 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 . The pioneering effort in this respect is that of Michael Oriard in his http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Southern Literary Journal University of North Carolina Press

Play in Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's Georgia Scenes

The Southern Literary Journal , Volume 33 (2) – Jun 1, 2001

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University of North Carolina Press
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Copyright © 2001 Department of English of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Play in Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's Georgia Scenes by Ahmed Nimeiri The distinguishing feature of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's Georgia Scenes is its depiction of play--in its two senses of contesting and role playing--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 performing on a stage. These characters range from the young man in "Georgia Theatrics," who rehearses a courthouse fight, 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 figures, 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 . The pioneering effort in this respect is that of Michael Oriard in his

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The Southern Literary JournalUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jun 1, 2001

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