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Andrew Nelson Lytle (December 26, 1902 – December 12, 1995) was an American novelist, dramatist, essayist and professor of literature.
8 de out. de 2017 · Farmer, scholar, and famously hospitable host, Lytle was the most enduring member of the Agrarians, the collection of essayists at Vanderbilt University who published the 1930 manifesto I'll Take My Stand. It was a formidable assembly of talent: Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, John Crowe Ransom, and Donald Davidson.
The book listed here, From Eden t Babylon, is a collection of Andrew Lytle’s most important historical and critical essays, which well displays the view of life and history that informs his creative works.
27 de mar. de 2023 · Andrew Lytle was a prolific writer, critic, and teacher associated with the Agrarian movement. He wrote novels, essays, and criticism that explored southern culture, history, and themes of revenge and family.
A member of the Agrarian group, Andrew Nelson Lytle was an author, educator, editor, and critic. He received his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University in 1925. After a foray into playwriting and acting, he moved into the field of biography and fiction.
A tribute to the last of the original Agrarians and a novelist of the first rank, who explored the themes of history, providence, and Eden in his works. The article traces Lytle's vision of American history as a Faustian quest for power and control, and contrasts it with the spiritual disorder of Edenic longing.
20 de jun. de 2017 · Andrew Lytle’s writings comprise a rich and diverse tapestry whose outlines are difficult to bring together. The critic who tackles this varying body of material must become conversant in history, political philosophy, military biography, and literary criticism.
