Stories with a Moral
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Price, Michael E., PUBLISHER: Universong>itong>y of Georgia Press, Stories wong>itong>h a Moral is the first comprehensive study of the effects of plantation society on long>itong>erature and the influences of long>itong>erature on social practices in nineteenth-century Georgia. During the years of frontier settlement, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, Georgia authors voiced their support for the slave system, the planter class, and the ideals of the Confederacy, presenting a humorous, passionate, and at times tragic view of a rapidly changing world. Michael E. Price examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters in this thorough survey of King Cotton's long>itong>erary influence, showing how Georgia authors romanticized agrarian themes to present an appealing image of plantation economy and social structure. Stories wong>itong>h a Moral focuses on the importance of long>itong>erature as a mode of ideological communication. Even more significant, the book shows how the wrong>itong>ing of one century shaped the development of social practices and beliefs that persist, in legend and memory, to this day.