Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-160) and index.
Contents
Ellen Glasgow's evolution of the southern pastoral: From the battle-ground to vein of iron -- Margaret Mitchell's feminist farm fantasy: Gone with the wind -- Willa Cather's ironic plantation "romance": Sapphira and the slave girl -- Harriette Arnow's exile from the promised land: The dollmaker -- Alice Walker's re-visioned rural community: The color purple -- Sherley Williams's post-pastoral vision: Dessa Rose.
