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Overview"""For anyone who views Mel Bradford's literary criticism as mere prelude to the more important work of political and social commentary, let me offer a cautionary word. Literary works always outlast political regimes, probably because every social order contains within it the genetic code that mandates old age and death, while the greatest literature always celebrates what is perennially and immitigably true."" Tom Landess's words concerning his dear friend's legacy apply equally well to his own work. The title of the volume you hold in your hands-Life, Literature, and Lincoln-represents not an ascending scale of value, but a descending one. As groundbreaking as such essays as ""Abraham Lincoln and the Rhetoric of Love"" and ""With Malice Toward Many"" may be, Tom Landess will be remembered more for the beauty of his language, the clarity of his thought, and the persistence of memory in pieces like ""It's Hard Times, Cotton Mill Girls,"" ""Punk Rock, Prufrock, and the Words We Live By,"" and ""Outgrowing the Past."" The final selection in this volume, ""Her Name Was Lady: A Story"" provides a taste of Landess's historical imagination, which will be fully manifest in a companion volume of his short fiction. Selected and edited by Clyde N. Wilson and Mary Beth Landess, the essays in Life, Literature, and Lincoln provide a measure of one of the last great conservative scholars-a Southern Christian gentleman, husband, and father whose kind, today, is passing from this earth." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Hilditch Landess , Mary Beth Landess , Clyde N WilsonPublisher: Chronicles Press/The Rockford Institute Imprint: Chronicles Press/The Rockford Institute Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.413kg ISBN: 9781943218011ISBN 10: 1943218013 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 01 May 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |