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- Title
"Literature to him was a recreation": A Life of Writing on the Southwestern Frontier.
- Authors
CHASE HAGOOD, THOMAS
- Abstract
An essay is presented concerning the work of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, author, orator, and poet Alexander Beaufort Meek, particularly regarding the history of the U.S. southwestern frontier and his influence upon 19th century American literature. It examines Meek's career as an orator, politician, and poet, the influence of the frontier on his writing and public life, and his conception of a southern literary tradition based upon intellectualism and natural aesthetic appreciation. It also discusses several of Meek's works including "The Red Eagle: A Poem of the South."
- Subjects
TUSCALOOSA (Ala.); UNITED States; MEEK, Alexander Beaufort; 19TH century American literature; FRONTIER &; pioneer life in literature; AMERICAN authors; RED Eagle: A Poem of the South, The (Book); ORATORS; SOUTHERN United States history; NINETEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Alabama Review, 2014, Vol 67, Issue 4, p374
- ISSN
0002-4341
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/ala.2014.0036