The Past Is Not Dead

The Past Is Not Dead is a collection of twenty-one literary and historical essays that will mark the 50th anniversary of the Southern Quarterly , one of the oldest scholarly journals (founded in 1962) dedicated to southern studies. Like its companion volume, Personal Souths , The Past Is Not Dead features the best of the work published in the journal. Essays represent every decade of the journal's history, from the 1960s to the 2000s. Topics covered range from historical essays on the French and