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Front Porch Harry Watson Southern Cultures, Volume 5, Number 1, 1999, pp. 1-4 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1999.0017 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/423796/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 16:58 GMT from JHU Libraries A distinguished southern historian we know tells the story of being asked to name the diree greatest southern novels. It was a high-brow cultural gathering and die glare from the leading literary lights was practically blinding. Everyone leaned forward to hear the wise man's answer. Who would make it to the winner's circle? Who in the audience would guess the same combination of Warren and Percy, Faulkner and O'Connor? Wouldn't die second-guessing be delicious at die ensuing reception? Tension mounted as the professor furrowed his brow. Finally the words came, and dumbfounded everybody. "The diree greatest southern novels," the historian pronounced, "are Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Clansman by Thomas Dixon, and Gone with the Wind by Mar- garet Mitchell." Recovering from shock, the literary lions let out a roar. Who in- vited this guy, anyway? How could he bring up such trash around serious people? That Stowe woman wasn't even southern, thank goodness. Can we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

Front Porch

Watson, Harry L.
Southern Cultures , Volume 5 (1) – Jan 4, 2012
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Harry Watson Southern Cultures, Volume 5, Number 1, 1999, pp. 1-4 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1999.0017 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/423796/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 16:58 GMT from JHU Libraries A distinguished southern historian we know tells the story of being asked to name the diree greatest southern novels. It was a high-brow cultural gathering and die glare from the leading literary lights was practically blinding. Everyone leaned forward to hear the wise man's answer. Who would make it to the winner's circle? Who in the audience would guess the same combination of Warren and Percy, Faulkner and O'Connor? Wouldn't die second-guessing be delicious at die ensuing reception? Tension mounted as the professor furrowed his brow. Finally the words came, and dumbfounded everybody. "The diree greatest southern novels," the historian pronounced, "are Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Clansman by Thomas Dixon, and Gone with the Wind by Mar- garet Mitchell." Recovering from shock, the literary lions let out a roar. Who in- vited this guy, anyway? How could he bring up such trash around serious people? That Stowe woman wasn't even southern, thank goodness. Can we

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