The Story of Texas Literary Clubs
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/04/2004
As Texas entered the twentieth century, it was opening a new chapter in its cultural and social life, one that would see active efforts to promote not only appreciation of regional literature but also its creation. Author Betty Holland Wiesepape examines the contributions of literary societies and writers' clubs to the cultural and literary development that took place in Texas between the close of the frontier and the beginning of World War II. She offers an overview of literary club activity as well as case studies of four individual writers' clubs that functioned during the 1920s and 1930s. The first study of its kind, Lone Star Chapters contradicts the common perception that early Texas was a cultural wasteland and illuminates how educated citizens met together in locally organized clubs to read, write, and criticize members' original compositions. The stories of the Manuscript Club of Wichita Falls, the Border Poets of Kingsville, the Panhandle Penwomen of Amarillo, and the Makers of Dallas are based on archival research, interviews, and an examination of the literature produced by prominent club members. Each of the stories is set within its own historical and geographical context, and together they illuminate the important role of such clubs in the development of regional arts.
- ISBN:
- 9781585443246
- 9781585443246
- Category:
- Literary studies: from c 1900 -
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-04-2004
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Texas A & M University Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x23mm
- Weight:
- 0.51kg
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Literature: history & criticism
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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