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Pirates & devils, William Gilmore Simms's unfinished postbellum novels, edited by Nicholas G. Meriwether & David W. Newton

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Pirates & devils, William Gilmore Simms's unfinished postbellum novels, edited by Nicholas G. Meriwether & David W. Newton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Pirates & devils

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

903212898

Responsibility statement

edited by Nicholas G. Meriwether & David W. Newton

Series statement

William Gilmore Simms initiatives: texts and studies series

Sub title

William Gilmore Simms's unfinished postbellum novels

Summary

"Presents two of the most significant unfinished works by William Gilmore Simms, a prominent public intellectual of the antebellum South and one of the most prolific literary writers of the nineteenth century. These two incomplete works--the pirate romance "The Brothers of the Coast," and the folk fable "Sir Will O' Wisp"--are representative of ... some of the last major primary texts of Simms's expansive career.... Left unfinished at his death, these two substantial fragments represent the last of the major primary texts from the final phase of Simms's life to be published. Together the texts provide greater insight into Simms's creative process, but, more important, they show Simms continuing to wrestle with the issues he faced in the aftermath of the Civil War, and they document the creativity and courage that commitment represented--and required. The publication of these fragments makes possible a complete picture of this last phase of Simms's life, as he struggled with the consequences of a conflict that had become the defining event of his life, career, and region."--Front flap of jacket

Table Of Contents

History, the king's image, and the politics of Utopia: reading The Brothers of the Coast / Nicholas G. Meriwether -- The Brothers of the Coast: a pirate story -- Explanatory notes -- "Never a whit wiser, never a whit less human": Simms's postwar conversation with the devil / David W. Newton -- Sir Will O' Wisp, or, The Irish baronet; a tale of its own day -- Explanatory notes -- Appendix: "Jack-O'-Lantern: a new-light story."

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William Gilmore Simms's unfinished postbellum novels

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