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Contents Preface / xiii P r o l o g u e :John Randolph and the Inwardness of History I i I The Fable of the A g r a r i a n s and the F a i l u r e o f t h e A m e r i c a n R e p u b l i c / 13 II A Fable of W h i t e and B1ack : Jefferson, Madison, Tate I 24 III History and the Will o f t h e A r t i s t : Elizabeth Madox Roberts I 54 IV War and M e m o r y : Quentin Compson's Civil War I 73 V T h e T e n s e s o f H i s t o r y : Faulkner I 96 VI The Poetry o f C r i t i c i s m : Allen Tate I 114 VII The Loneliness A r t i s t : RobertPenn Warren I 132 VIII The Last C a s u a l t y o f t h e Civil War: Arthur Crew Inman I 155 IX From Thoreau to Walker Percy: Home by Way of California; or, The End ofthe Southern Renascence I 183 Epilogue: A Personal Fable: Living with Indians I 208 A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s / 239 Index / 241 This page intentionally left blank ...

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