From nationalism to secessionism : the changing fiction of William Gilmore Simms

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From nationalism to secessionism : the changing fiction of William Gilmore Simms

Charles S. Watson

(Contributions in American history, no. 151)

Greenwood Press, 1993

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-177) and index

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Description

Like many Southerners before the Civil War, William Gilmore Simms changed from a nationalist to a secessionist. Charles Watson illustrates this transformation through a step-by-step examination of Simms' literary works, which express the changing attitudes of other, more inarticulate Southerners, who found a voice in Simms' fiction. In the first half of his career, from 1825 to 1848, Simms wrote as a national author, composing patriotic romances. But, when the political conflict over slavery worsened, starting with the Wilmot Proviso, which prohibited the westward expansion of slavery, Simms became an uncompromising proponent of Secession.

Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations The Southern Writer as Nationalist A New American Novelist Southern Model for the West American Ideals in Spain and Spanish America Young America and Literary Sectionalism The Signs of Change Militant Sectionalism Predicting Secession Repulsing Northern Radicalism Defending the Lost Cause Selected Bibliography Index

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