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Perhaps The Preeminent Contemporary Scholar Of Southern Culture, Fred Hobson Is Adept At Cutting Through The Many Myths And Self-illusions Spun About The South And Exposing A Far More Intriguing Reality. In His Inaugural Collection Of Essays, Hobson Offers Both An Astute And Deeply Personal Take On American And Southern Life. He Touches On History, Literature, Religion, Family, Race, And Sports As He Ponders Various Famous And Obscure Biographical And Autobiographical Figures. Rife With Stimulating Writing And Thought, The Silencing Of Emily Mullen Informs, Moves, And Entertains All At Once.<p>hobson's Own Great-grandmother Inspires The Title Essay, In Which He Investigates The Whispered Family Rumor That Emily Mullen Gregory Committed Suicide By Jumping Down A Well In The Late Nineteenth Century. Besides The Facts Of Mullen's Death, Hobson Inquires Into The Plight Of Southern Middle-class Women's Lives Generally In That Era. A Happier Female Relative Animates Another Absorbing Chapter: Hobson's Great Aunt Who Left The Benighted South With The Intent Of Bringing Enlightenment To China As A Missionary And Teacher From 1909 To 1941, And Who Became Both Friend And Critic Of Madame Chi
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- Author
- Fred Colby Hobson
- Publisher
- Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780807130971
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14