The Influence of the Southern Cavalier Tradition Upon the Works of John Esten Cooke

Author

Gerald M. Stahl

Publication Date

6-2-1952

Abstract

The purposes of this paper are threefold: 1) to give a better definition of the Southern Cavalier Tradition; 2) to show the relationship of one particular author, John Esten Cooke, to the Tradition; 3) to show how the Tradition was adapted in the writings of Cooke to justify the Civil War and glorify the cause and heroes of the South.

Level of Degree

Masters

Degree Name

History

Department Name

History

First Committee Member (Chair)

George Winston Smith

Second Committee Member

Ernest Warnock Tedlock Jr

Third Committee Member

William Miner Dabney

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Stahl, Gerald M.. "The Influence of the Southern Cavalier Tradition Upon the Works of John Esten Cooke." (1952). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/200