No, it is not the name of a new band to hit the Square! The Nashville Agrarians appeared in Cobb's chapter 4. Now you get an opportunity to read what one of the "Twelve Southerners" had to say in their classic volume, I'll Take My Stand. Please post your discussion questions below.
Also, note that we will dedicate at least half of class on Thursday to the discussion of your essay questions which will post shortly. Please come to class prepared.
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While much has changed in the South since the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights era, one aspect of Southern life has remained somewhat constant in its influence over the region's citizens. This of course is the Church. In what ways has the concept of religion changed or remained the same compared to the Stark Young article? Also, in what ways do race influence religious values? For example, do blacks and whites handle religion the same? Did they ever handle it the same? Finally, why is it so important as a Southerner to have religion in one's life, whether then or now?
ReplyDeleteIn Stark Young’s essay, “Not in Memoriam, but in Defense,” he states, “Though the South, not these other parts of the country, is our subject, we must remember that we are concerned first with a quality itself, not as our own but as found anywhere; and that we defend certain qualities not because they belong to the South, but because the South belongs to them.” (Page 336) What “qualities” is he referring to? Which, if any, of these are flourishing amongst the new wave of industrialism and “New South” ideals? How do they compare to the themes of Percy’s “Lanterns on the Levee”? Do these qualities still hold importance today?
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