Stories with a Moral: Literature and Society in Nineteenth-Century Georgia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820321325)

Stories with a Moral is the first comprehensive study of the effects of plantation society on literature and the influences of literature on social practices in nineteenth-century Georgia. During the years of frontier settlement, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, Georgia authors voiced their support for the slave system, the planter class, and the ideals of the Confederacy, presenting a humorous, passionate, and at times tragic view of a rapidly changing world. Michael E. Price examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters in this thorough survey of King Cotton's literary influence, showing how Georgia authors romanticized agrarian themes to present an appealing image of plantation economy and social structure. Stories with a Moral focuses on the importance of literature as a mode of ideological communication. Even more significant, the book shows how the writing of one century shaped the development of social practices and beliefs that persist, in legend and memory, to this day.

Author: Michael E. Price
ISBN-10: 082032132X
ISBN-13: 9780820321325
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2000
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.33w x 1.24d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2000 pg. 709