3. History-as-myth being an alternative to historical materialism or history-as-source-for-social criticism.
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4. The specific historical myth New Critics were invested in was of course the Lost Cause (i.e. Confederate nostalgia).
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@HeerJeet That’s what I always suspected, in my untutored way.@tnielsenhayden2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@pnh@tnielsenhayden You should ask@DougHenwood about this. He studied with Cleanth Brooks at Yale. Has some interesting stories.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@pnh@tnielsenhayden Brooks openly defended the Fugitives as late as 1972 or 19732 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tnielsenhayden @DougHenwood @pnh Which is congruent with what Brooks wrote in his Faulkner book (and a misreading of Faulkner, I think)
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