Lone star chapters
Subtitle: the story of Texas literary clubs
By: Betty Holland Wiesepape.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ;; no. 17
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: American literature -- Texas -- History and criticism.; American literature -- Texas -- Societies, etc.; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Texas.; Literature -- Appreciation -- Texas.; Texas -- Intellectual life.; Texas -- In literature.
Description: As Texas entered the 20th century, it was opening a new chapter in its cultural and social life. This text examines the contributions of literary societies and writers' clubs to the cultural and literary development that took place in Texas between the close of the frontier and the beginning of World War II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Manuscript Club of Wichita Falls; title: The Makers of Dallas; title: The Panhandle Pen Women of Amarillo; title: The Border Poets of Kingsville.