Reading trees in southern literature

Article Abstract:

Trees perform a significant semiotic function within southern literary texts and through this role serve as nexuses between humans and the natural world of the American South. Works of Patricia Yaeger and Farah Jasmine Griffin are used to examine how southern literary trees are inexplicably connected to the issues of both environmental and racial oppression. Eudors Welty's short story, "Livvie" is discussed to show how the literal bottle trees found in Welty's story serve as a collection of specific types of southern literary tree.

Portrayals, Trees, Trees (Plants), Yaeger, Patricia, Griffin, Farah Jasmine

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The South beheld: the influence of James Agee on James Dickey

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James Dickey, Southern poet and author was substantially influenced by James Agee, Pulitzer Prize- winning novelist. This influence that explains Dickey's inconsistent representation of the poor white South, a subject that figured prominently in his work, is discussed.

Evaluation, Influence, Poor, Whites, Agee, James, Dickey, James

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