The Burden of Time: The Fugitives and Agrarians

by John L. Stewart

Book Overview

Two groups which originated in Nashville: Tennessee, in the early 1920's had a strong influence on American letters. Known as the "Fugitives" and "Agrarian," they included, among others, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Donald Davidson and Merrill Moore. This study of their contributions is, as R.W.B. Lewis has written, "a searching, supple, and most of the time brilliantly precise account of thee writing, ideas, and attitudes of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691060126
• ISBN13: 9780691060125
• Release Date: May 1965
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.