tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post2620297118668355045..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: "Anti-Tom" or Plantation LiteratureJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-12644621186744135002009-07-16T12:03:10.866+03:002009-07-16T12:03:10.866+03:00It doesn't seem that John Pendleton Kennedy re...It doesn't seem that John Pendleton Kennedy really fits into the "Anti-Tom" classification. Most of his books were written before Uncle Tom's Cabin came out. He is probably most famous for introducing Edgar Allen Poe to the Southern Literary Messenger and making friends with other literary greats like Thackeray while in Europe. He was quite active politically as a Southern WhigJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-92008220064093292252009-07-15T06:15:48.840+03:002009-07-15T06:15:48.840+03:00I used a textbook -- maybe the Heath Anthology -- ...I used a textbook -- maybe the Heath Anthology -- a few years back in an American Lit survey that had selections from "The Planter's Northern Bride." It was no worse or better than a lot of the minor works the editors had included.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343768762996537750noreply@blogger.com