Conclusion: Edgar Allan Poe and the Southern World View

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. VIOLENCE AND CULTURE IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Southern Duel 21
7. 2. Preparation for Violence: Child-Rearing and the Southern World View 44
8. 3. Feeling and Form: The Problem of Violence in Society 67
9. 4. Violence in Plain-Folk Society 89
10. 5. Slavery and Violence: The Masters' View 114
11. 6. Slavery and Violence: The Slaves' View 137
12. 7. Militarism and Violence 161
13. 8. Violence and Southern Oratory 178
14. 9. Hunting, Violence, and Culture 196
15. 10. Violence in Southern Fiction: Simms and the Southwestern Humorists 212
16. Conclusion: Edgar Allan Poe and the Southern World View 233
17. Notes 241
18. Bibliography 284
19. Index 311