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World War I & southern modernism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, David A. (David Alexander), 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
Subjects:
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > Southern States.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
World War, 1914-1918 > Literature and the war.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • The forward glance : modernity, southerners, and interregional contact
  • The southern soldier in the American army : sectionalism, nationalism, and modernity
  • The army of the disillusioned : black southerners, World War I, and civil rights
  • Domestic disruption : World War I, modernity, and southern women's fiction
  • Mules and machines : modernity, World War I, and the southern economy
  • World War II and southern modernity.