[lbo-talk] The North's burden of enlightening the South (was Re:The "NAFTA Superhighway" Urban Myth)

[Doug Henwood]

On Nov 19, 2007, at 2:13 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


>> (I don't hate the South, I don't, I don't, I don't.)
>
> A very great book -- and definitely in the same 'league' as Tolstoi.

I couldn't agree more. But it was a strange experience to read it in  
an undergrad Faulkner course taught by Cleanth Brooks, who never  
missed an opportunity to talk up the Fugitive line. E.g., the South  
wasn't fighting to defend slavery, but an anti-market way of life.  
Who knew Eugene Genovese would follow in his footsteps?

Doug