Background in Tennessee (eBook)

Evelyn Scott (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | First Edition
324 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
979-8-89527-156-8 (ISBN)

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Born Elsie Dunn in 1893 Clarksville, Tennessee, Evelyn Scott lived a tumultuous life that took her to New York, Brazil, western Europe, and the Caribbean. She published twelve novels during her lifetime and was a notable literary figure in the 1920s and 1930s. Published in 1937 alongside her penultimate novel,Background in Tennesseeis an autobiographical work devoted to Scott's Tennessee birthplace, her family's history, and her broad view of Southern history. Her wide-ranging exploration of the south interweaves Scott's personal history with discussions of colonial settlement of the region, local leadership of Clarksville and the larger Nashville area, and race relations. In this new edition, Bill Hardwig provides an analytical introduction that guides the reader through Scott's intricate and winding exploration of early twentieth-century Tennessee and her own past. He notes at once Scott's ambivalence toward her native South and yet the nostalgia with which she recounts personal memories. Complicated yet critical to a full understanding of Evelyn Scott and her literary legacy, this edition ofBackground in Tennesseemakes available an important voice in Tennessee's literary history for a new generation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2025
• Vorwort: Bill Hardwig
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 20th-century authors • american cultural roots • american memoirs • American South • Autobiographical novel • Autobiography • clarksville • cultural heritage • Cultural reflections • early 1900s south • Early Life • Elsie Dunn • Evelyn Scott • Evelyn Scott's life • Family history • historical perspective on the south • historical reflection • life in tennessee • literary memoir • Memoir • memory and reflection • nostalgia for the south • personal history • Personal narrative • Rural America • rural upbringing • social context in the south • Southern family dynamics • southern heritage • southern history • southern identity • southern identity crisis • Southern Literature • southern traditions • southern upbringing • southern women writers • Tennessee • tennessee childhood • tennessee heritage • Tennessee landscape • tennessee roots • The Narrow House • The Wave
• ISBN-13: 979-8-89527-156-8 / 9798895271568