Rayburn S. Moore

Bio: Rayburn S. Moore is an academic researcher. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 106 citations.

The Percys of Mississippi: Politics and Literature in the New South.

Abstract: .............................................................. iii CHAPTERS I. THE PERCYS ARRIVE.......................................... 1 II. LEROY PERCY................................................... 18 III. THE SENATE................................................... 55 IV. WILL P E R C Y ................................................... 88 V. THE GREAT WAR................................................107 VI. THE K L A N .................................................... 138 VII. RECONSTRUCTION..............................................166 VIII. THE LAST F L O O D ..............................................192 IX. UNCLE WILL'S GARDEN......................................... 224 X. PLANTERS, GARDENERS AND S U C H ............................... 264 BIBLIOGRAPHY........................................................... 315 VITA................................................................... 323

The great war and modern memory

Abstract: of his career but also, and more significantly, claiming that here she is providing 'for the first time, a stylistic analysis of one of the American theatre's most fascinating practitioners.' That she has this justification depends, partly at least, on the fact that his plays and productions have commonly been regarded as belonging largely, if not indeed exclusively, to the realm of the popular stage, whereas she seeks to draw them within the orbit of those revolutionary endeavours which in divers European countries sought to establish a new theatrical 'naturalism' both in play composition and in play presentation the avant-garde activities to be found in the work of the Moscow Art Theatre, the Danish Theatre Royal, the French Theatre Libre, and the German Freie Blihne. That her endeavour is indeed fully warranted is demonstrated by the fact that when, for example, the Russian company and its companion organizations visited the United States various critics stressed their belief that its prod uctions 'had nothing new to teach Broadway.' Still more significant is the fact that Stanislavski himself put the seal of his approval on the activities of the American directorplaywright by actually making him an honorary member of the Moscow troupe. No doubt labels in themselves are of little or minor consequence, and no doubt on occasion they can prove misleading: yet it is of importance that we should teach ourselves how properly to interpret and evaluate outstanding achievements such as those manifested by such men as Belasco, and here Mrs Marker's study must be regarded as indeed a most valuable and accomplished textbook, or guidebook, call it which we will (ALLARDYCE NICOLL)

Making Place, Making Race: Performances of Whiteness in the Jim Crow South

Abstract: This article examines the process of racialization as an essential aspect of how everyday geographies are made, understood, and challenged. It begins from the premise that a primary root of modern American race relations can be found in the southern past, especially in how that past was imagined, articulated, and performed during a crucial period: the post-Reconstruction era known as “Jim Crow.” More than just a reaction to a turbulent world where Civil War defeat destabilized categories of power and authority, white cultural memory there became an active ingredient in defining life in the New South. The culture of segregation that mobilized such memories, and the forgetting that inevitably accompanied them, relied on performance, ritualized choreographies of race and place, and gender and class, in which participants knew their roles and acted them out for each other and for visitors. Among the displays of white southern memory most active during Jim Crow, the Natchez Pilgrimage stands out. Elit...

The Cambridge history of the American novel

Abstract: This ambitious literary history traces the American novel from its emergence in the late eighteenth century to its diverse incarnations in the multi-ethnic, multi-media culture of the present day In a set of original essays by renowned scholars from all over the world, the volume extends important critical debates and frames new ones Offering new views of American classics, it also breaks new ground to show the role of popular genres - such as science fiction and mystery novels - in the creation of the literary tradition One of the original features of this book is the dialogue between the essays, highlighting cross-currents between authors and their works as well as across historical periods While offering a narrative of the development of the genre, the History reflects the multiple methodologies that have informed readings of the American novel and will change the way scholars and readers think about American literary history