Deep South (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Erskine Caldwell
- First Published: 1968
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Parents and children, South or Southerners, Prejudices or antipathies, Ministry or ministers, Fathers, Christianity, Protestantism or Protestant churches, Presbyterian church, Fundamentalism
The Work
In this nonfiction work, Erskine Caldwell reflects on his life as a minister’s son in the American South. He describes the social norms of white, rural, Fundamentalist sects that—while varying widely in their religious practices—share an unwavering faith in the virgin birth, the second coming of Christ, the direct creation of humanity by God, miraculous healing, answers to prayers, personal salvation, and physical life after death.
Caldwell sets his reflections against the landscape of the South so vividly portrayed in his best-known novels, Tobacco...
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