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Honorable And Brilliant Labors, John D. Miller
Honorable And Brilliant Labors, John D. Miller
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A primary source collection that offers a window into the mind of nineteenth-century author and public intellectual, William Gilmore Simms.
William Gilmore Simms was in his lifetime considered the South's preeminent man of letters, and Edgar Allan Poe once claimed that Simms was "immeasurably the greatest writer of fiction in America." Best known as a poet, novelist, and editor, Simms was also a public intellectual who intended that his work shape public opinion and public discourse. In Honorable and Brilliant Labors, editor John D. Miller collects Simms's public orations, a body of literature that ranks among the least studied of …
Carolina Currents, Studies In South Carolina Culture, Christopher D. Johnson
Carolina Currents, Studies In South Carolina Culture, Christopher D. Johnson
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Introducing an annual collection of essays devoted to South Carolina history and culture.
From the Piedmont to the Lowcountry, South Carolina is the site of countless engaging stories. The contributors to Carolina Currents share those stories, broadening our understanding of the state's unique and diverse histories and cultures. A venue for public-facing interdisciplinary scholarship, each volume presents a collection of essays that illuminate the complex interactions between the state's past and present.