The Southern Novel

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The Southern Novel (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

Introduction

The South can be defined historically, as an area consisting of the states south of the Mason-Dixon line or of the states that made up the Confederacy. It can also be defined topographically, as a region made up of three sections, one coastal, another hilly, and a third mountainous. However, from a cultural perspective, neither of these classifications is accurate. Coastal Savannah, Georgia, is totally unlike coastal Panama City, Florida, and there are few similarities between Birmingham, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Dallas, Texas, except that they are all...

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