HIST 112 1st Edition Lecture 21Agrarians and RomanticismOutline of Last Lecture I. New SouthII. Criticism of SouthOutline of Current LectureI. AgrariansII. RomanticismCurrent LectureKey Terms “New South” Henry W. Grady Hookworm Booker T. Washington HL Mencken “The Sahara of the Bozart” I’ll take my stand RomanticismAgrarians- Start meeting around 1920- Intellectuals all somehow connected to Vanderbilt- Call themselves Fugitives- Aware of criticisms of the south and want to do something about it- Establish magazine called The Fugitive- New criticism—close reading of texts- Publish “I’ll take my stand – the south and the agrarian tradition” in 1930o Focus on agrarian south vs. new industrial societyo 12 essayso Common themes in essays: critique of industrial society, defense of traditional southern societyRomanticism- Reaction against enlightenmentThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Life is not rational- Industrialism makes life meaningless and is just a scientific approach to labor- Industrialism:o leads to overproduction, unemployment, etc.o distances us from the earth and religiono interferes with family life, romantic love, eduationo causes people to become obsessed with progress toward an arbitrary
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