10 Facts About Southern Agrarians

1.

Southern Agrarians were twelve American Southerners who wrote an agrarian literary manifesto in 1930.

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Southern Agrarians evolved from a philosophical discussion group known as the "Fugitives" or "Fugitive Poets".

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3.

The Agrarians were influenced by the medievalism of Victorian writers Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin and William Morris, as well as the French right-wing tradition that began with Counter-Enlightenment philosopher Joseph de Maistre, which they accessed through the writings of contemporaries T E Hulme, T S Eliot and Charles Maurras.

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4.

The informal leader of the Fugitives and the Southern Agrarians was John Crowe Ransom, but in a 1945 essay, he announced that he no longer believed in either the possibility or the desirability of an Agrarian restoration, which he declared a "fantasy".

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5.

Southern Agrarians were the most prolific contributors to The American Review, edited by Seward Collins.

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6.

Various Southern Agrarians contributed as many as 70 articles, led by Donald Davidson with 21.

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7.

Several of the Southern Agrarians came to regret their relationship with Collins after his political views became better known.

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8.

Southern Agrarians became a major American poet and novelist, winning the Pulitzer Prize for his 1946 All the King's Men.

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9.

Southern Agrarians came to support more progressive ideas and racial integration and was a close friend of the eminent African-American author Ralph Ellison.

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10.

Today, the Southern Agrarians are regularly lauded in neo-Confederate media such as the Southern Partisan.

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