This paper will cover three members of the Southern Agrarians, -- John Crowe Ransom, Donald Davidson, and Allen Tate. We will explore their involvement in the Fugitive circle, which was an off-campus social club that eventually published a literary journal called The Fugitive. We will then shift our attention to the formation of the Symposium on Southern Heritage, which became known as Southern Agrarianism. The paper will provide historical context to the ideas of these men by exploring the larger societal changes that were occurring in America, and specifically, the South. As we will see, these changes were the source of inspiration for the philosophical and political standpoints these men took.
Three themes will guide this research paper.
Three themes will guide this research paper.