Southern Renascence: The Literature of the Modern South

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Louis Decimus Rubin (Jr.), Louis Decimus Rubin, Robert D. Jacobs
Johns Hopkins Press, 1961 - 450 Seiten

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The Southern Temper by Robert B Heilman
3
Aspects Of The Southern Philosophy by Richard M Weaver
14
How Many Miles To Babylon by Andrew Nelson Lytle
31
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Autoren-Profil (1961)

Louis Decimus Rubin, Jr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina on November 19, 1923. After serving in the Army during World War II, he received a history degree the University of Richmond. He worked for The Associated Press and several newspapers including the Richmond News-Leader before receiving master's and doctoral degrees from Johns Hopkins University. In 1953, while still at Johns Hopkins University, he co-edited his first book, Southern Renascence: The Literature of the Modern South. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Hollins College, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a co-founder of Algonquin Books and founder of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In 1989, he retired from the UNC faculty after 22 years to focus on Algonquin Books. He was a prolific author who wrote novels, critical studies, histories, memoirs and a guide for predicting the weather. His books include Small Craft Advisory, Babe Ruth's Ghost, A Memory of Trains, An Honorable Estate, and My Father's People. He died from kidney disease on November 16, 2013 at the age of 89.

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