| Landon Carter: An Inquiry Into the Personal Values and Social Imperatives of the Eighteenth-Century Virginia Contributor(s): Greene, Jack P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813901111 ISBN-13: 9780813901114 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $18.32 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1978 Annotation: A psychological and intellectual portrait of Landon Carter, the wealthy 18th century diarist and master of Sabine Hall, this study attempts to delineate his central character traits and personal values, while also placing him in the context of the social imperatives of the Virginia gentry of his day. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| LCCN: 64019201 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.2" W x 8.42" (0.36 lbs) 98 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Intended as a plausible psychological and intellectual portrait of Landon Carter, thi study attempts to delineate his central character traits and personal values. It calls attention to what motivated him, to the major problems he encountered, how he sought to solve them, and how well he succeeded. His world is viewed in much the way he must have seen it. The book is also an inquiry into the personal values and social imperatives of the eighteenth-century Virginia gentry, for Carter exemplifies the ideas and assumptions that gave structure and coherence to the private and public worlds of that extraordinary group. |