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A Modern Priscilla: self-representations in Mamie Garvin Field's Carolina memoir

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This article discusses the manner in which Mamie Garvin Field's autobiography illustrates her preoccupation with race, identity, femininity and class. Topics include social equality, race relations, African American beauty, and womanhood.

Author: Juncker, Clara
Publisher: University of Southern Mississippi
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2001
Social aspects, Race relations, Sex role, Sex roles, Social role, Autobiographies, African American women, Race relations in literature, Field, Mamie Garvin

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The Shade of Faulkner's horse: archetypal immortality in the postmodern South

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This essay discusses the archetypal meaning of the horse in southern fiction, with an emphasis on William Faulkner's works. Topics include masculinity, sexuality, death, and disorientation.

Author: Potts, James B.
Publisher: University of Southern Mississippi
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2001
Horses, Archetype (Psychology), Archetypes, Style, Literary, Immortality, Literary styles, Faulkner, William

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Man as wayfarer: discourse and Walker Percy's 'The Last Gentleman'

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This article discusses the relationship between selfhood, language, and subjectivity in 'The Last Gentleman.' Topics include namelessness, identity, and religious realism.

Author: Brownlee, James Henry
Publisher: University of Southern Mississippi
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2001
Identity, Subjectivity, The Last Gentleman (Novel), Names in literature, Literary names, Percy, Walker

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Subjects list: United States, Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Critical Essay, Characters and characteristics in literature, Literary characters
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