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The Comings of Cousin Ann : Deconstructing the Southern Romance

The Comings of Cousin Ann : Deconstructing the Southern Romance The Comings of Cousin Ann: Deconstructing the Southern Romance by Carol S. Manning To read Emma Speed Sampson’s novel The Comings of Cousin Ann today is to discover an intriguing link between sentimental southern fiction popular at the turn of the nineteenth century and the more hon- est appraisals of the South credited to writers of the twentieth-century Southern Renaissance. I use the word discover deliberately, for though the novel attracted favorable reviews and a general audience when published in 1923, it has gathered dust for the past seventy years. Dated in some ways but modern in many others, it deserves a new audience. It will fas- cinate scholars and students of southern literature, cultural studies, and women’s studies. The author, Emma Speed Sampson, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1868, married a Virginian and spent most of her adult years in Rich- mond, and died in 1947. Between 1916 and 1940, she published at least twenty-eight novels. Most of these were designed for children and ado- lescents, including the popular Miss Minerva and Billy series, which Samp- son created as a sequel to a novel by Frances Boyd Calhoun following Cal- houn’s death. She also continued three series http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Southern Literary Journal University of North Carolina Press

The Comings of Cousin Ann : Deconstructing the Southern Romance

Manning, Carol S.
The Southern Literary Journal , Volume 35 (2) – Aug 12, 2003
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Copyright © 2003 the Southern Literary Journal and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of English.
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The Comings of Cousin Ann: Deconstructing the Southern Romance by Carol S. Manning To read Emma Speed Sampson’s novel The Comings of Cousin Ann today is to discover an intriguing link between sentimental southern fiction popular at the turn of the nineteenth century and the more hon- est appraisals of the South credited to writers of the twentieth-century Southern Renaissance. I use the word discover deliberately, for though the novel attracted favorable reviews and a general audience when published in 1923, it has gathered dust for the past seventy years. Dated in some ways but modern in many others, it deserves a new audience. It will fas- cinate scholars and students of southern literature, cultural studies, and women’s studies. The author, Emma Speed Sampson, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1868, married a Virginian and spent most of her adult years in Rich- mond, and died in 1947. Between 1916 and 1940, she published at least twenty-eight novels. Most of these were designed for children and ado- lescents, including the popular Miss Minerva and Billy series, which Samp- son created as a sequel to a novel by Frances Boyd Calhoun following Cal- houn’s death. She also continued three series

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Published: Aug 12, 2003

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