Citizen-scholar - Essays in Honor of Walter Edgar

A collection of essays reflecting on Edgar, as friend and colleague, and on the subjects of his scholarly work

About the author

Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr., director of the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina, is the Emily Brown Jefferies Professor of English and Claude Henry Neuffer Professor of Southern Studies. A scholar of modern and contemporary Southern literature, he has published five books in the field, most recently the award-winning The Fourth Ghost: White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930-1950.

Summary

Offers a collection of essays written in honour of Walter Edgar, South Carolina's preeminent historian and founding director of the University of South Carolina (USC) Institute for Southern Studies. These essays were written as a tribute to Edgar, both as a historian and as a public scholar, a man actively involved in his profession as well as in his community, both locally and statewide.

Product details

• Authors: Robert H. Brinkmeyer
• Assisted by: Robert H Brinkmeyer (Editor), Robert H. Brinkmeyer (Editor), Robert H. Jr. Brinkmeyer (Editor), Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr (Editor)
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781611177503
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-750-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous