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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Tennessee Pr
Publication date
March 31, 2004
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781572332430
ISBN-10
1572332433
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.25 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
university press
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The Heart of Revolution
The Radical Life and Novels of Olive Dargan
Kathy Cantley Ackerman
Despite the timeless themes of Olive Tilford Darganâs work and the acclaim she earned with her novels Call Home the Heart (1932) and A Stone Came Rolling (1935), the author, who published her best-known works under the pseudonym Fielding Burke, has been largely forgotten by the American literary establishment. In this first book-length study of Darganâs life and work, Kathy Cantley Ackerman poses these questions: Why did Darganâs proletarian and feminist writings fall out of public favor when the literary climate changed in the 1940s, and what are the issues raised in and by her work that todayâs readers should reconsider?
The Heart of Revolution combines biography and history with a critical reading of Darganâs work. Ackerman pays close attention to the proletarian, feminist, and racial issues in the novels; she then examines the ways these issues intersect in the southern Appalachian and Piedmont regions. Darganâs aesthetic, articulated in her depiction of the southern textile mill strikes of 1929 and the early 1930s, defies the party line of the period that privileged the struggle of white working men over the concerns of women and minorities. Unlike her maleâand many of her femaleâcounterparts in the proletarian movement, Dargan envisions a world in which romantic love can coexist with the fight for socioeconomic revolution, a world in which the activist does not have to surrender her individuality. Through strong female characters, she reconstructs the paternalistic, capitalistic marriage-and-mother myth, replacing it with a model based on egalitarian principlesâan ideology that has only gained relevance over time.
Ackermanâs exploration of class, race, and gender in Darganâs novels individually and her consideration of Darganâs work as a whole reveal the complicated reasons for the novelistâs neglect and present a compelling argument for reevaluation of her fiction.
The Radical Life and Novels of Olive Dargan
Kathy Cantley Ackerman
Despite the timeless themes of Olive Tilford Darganâs work and the acclaim she earned with her novels Call Home the Heart (1932) and A Stone Came Rolling (1935), the author, who published her best-known works under the pseudonym Fielding Burke, has been largely forgotten by the American literary establishment. In this first book-length study of Darganâs life and work, Kathy Cantley Ackerman poses these questions: Why did Darganâs proletarian and feminist writings fall out of public favor when the literary climate changed in the 1940s, and what are the issues raised in and by her work that todayâs readers should reconsider?
The Heart of Revolution combines biography and history with a critical reading of Darganâs work. Ackerman pays close attention to the proletarian, feminist, and racial issues in the novels; she then examines the ways these issues intersect in the southern Appalachian and Piedmont regions. Darganâs aesthetic, articulated in her depiction of the southern textile mill strikes of 1929 and the early 1930s, defies the party line of the period that privileged the struggle of white working men over the concerns of women and minorities. Unlike her maleâand many of her femaleâcounterparts in the proletarian movement, Dargan envisions a world in which romantic love can coexist with the fight for socioeconomic revolution, a world in which the activist does not have to surrender her individuality. Through strong female characters, she reconstructs the paternalistic, capitalistic marriage-and-mother myth, replacing it with a model based on egalitarian principlesâan ideology that has only gained relevance over time.
Ackermanâs exploration of class, race, and gender in Darganâs novels individually and her consideration of Darganâs work as a whole reveal the complicated reasons for the novelistâs neglect and present a compelling argument for reevaluation of her fiction.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Univ of Tennessee Pr (March 31, 2004)
9781572332430 | details & prices | 6.25 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $29.95
About: The Heart of RevolutionThe Radical Life and Novels of Olive DarganKathy Cantley AckermanDespite the timeless themes of Olive Tilford Darganâs work and the acclaim she earned with her novels Call Home the Heart (1932) and A Stone Came Rolling (1935), the author, who published her best-known works under the pseudonym Fielding Burke, has been largely forgotten by the American literary establishment.
About: The Heart of RevolutionThe Radical Life and Novels of Olive DarganKathy Cantley AckermanDespite the timeless themes of Olive Tilford Darganâs work and the acclaim she earned with her novels Call Home the Heart (1932) and A Stone Came Rolling (1935), the author, who published her best-known works under the pseudonym Fielding Burke, has been largely forgotten by the American literary establishment.
Paperback
With Elizabeth Powell Crowe |
5th edition from McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (January 1, 2001); titled "Genealogy Online"
9780072131147 | details & prices | 401 pages | 7.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $24.99
This edition also contains Genealogy Online
About: Describes related Web sites and explains how to begin and maintain a family history research project.
This edition also contains Genealogy Online
About: Describes related Web sites and explains how to begin and maintain a family history research project.
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