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Allen Tate's agrarianism : a defense of allegiance
Other Title(s)
الحركة الزراعية لدى الأن تيت : دفاع عن الولاء
Author
Source
Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 220 (31 Mar. 2017), pp.59-88, 30 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Human Science / Ibn Rushd
Publication Date
2017-03-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
30
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
Allen Tate (1899-1979) was born in Kentucky .As a Southerner he was unwilling to be like his people who were unaware of their imperfections.
He realized that lack of belief in tradition which was the illness of the modern mind.
It turned life to hell with a variety of tortures.
Hence his agrarianism was a call to the Southerners to retreat to their tradition.It was a revolt against industrialism as an enslaving power, a destroyer threatening the very existence of human society.
His agrarianism proved to be an image of life man should desire, a life imbued with tradition and belief; tradition in its historical and religious sense shapes the spirit of protest in his poetry.
It is a protest against the kind of life modern man attached himself to, which dehumanized him resulting in spiritual fragmentation.
Tate did what none of his fellow Agrarians attempted, to turn Agrarian concerns inward, a quest for identity , for spiritual roots and affirmation.
This is what makes his agrarianism a defense of personal allegiance, besides its historical , social and religious implications.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ismail, Nadiyah Ali. 2017. Allen Tate's agrarianism : a defense of allegiance. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 1, no. 220, pp.59-88.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-737498
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ismail, Nadiyah Ali. Allen Tate's agrarianism : a defense of allegiance. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences Vol. 1, no. 220 (2017), pp.59-88.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-737498
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ismail, Nadiyah Ali. Allen Tate's agrarianism : a defense of allegiance. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences. 2017. Vol. 1, no. 220, pp.59-88.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-737498
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 87-88
Record ID
BIM-737498