I’ll Take My Stand

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I'll Take My Stand is a symposium published in 1930 by a group of twelve Southern Agrarians. These writers, including John Crowe Ransom, Robert Penn Warren, and Allen Tate, advocated for a return to an agricultural economy and way of life, resisting industrialization. They believed this traditional, rural lifestyle fostered better moral character, community, and appreciation for art and religion, contrasting it with the perceived spiritual and cultural impoverishment of industrial society. The book is not about plantations and slavery but rather champions the yeoman farmer.12

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agrarianism
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…defense of their views in I’ll Take My Stand (1930). Among the work’s authors were John Crowe Ransom, Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, Andrew Lytle, and Donald Davidson, who defended a mode of life that they believed was
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…defense of their views in I’ll Take My Stand (1930). Among the work’s authors were John Crowe Ransom, Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, Andrew Lytle, and Donald Davidson, who defended a mode of life that they believed was
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Allen Tate
Tate contributed to the symposium I’ll Take My Stand (1930), a manifesto defending the traditional agrarian society of the South.
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Tate contributed to the symposium I’ll Take My Stand (1930), a manifesto defending the traditional agrarian society of the South.
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