Opinion of Southern Gothic

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

FF. I like his style, and I look forward to seeing where he goes as a poster from here. (It helps that I think the genre after which he's named is collectively one of the best bodies of writing America has produced.)

[Derpist]

No clue who this is, but I definitely agree on southern gothic literature. American literature is pretty miserable outside of the South, something that Tocqueville actually commented on...extensively.

[RFayette]

Definitely an FF so far.  He also seems pretty low-key, which is a plus in my book.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

No clue who this is, but I definitely agree on southern gothic literature. American literature is pretty miserable outside of the South, something that Tocqueville actually commented on...extensively.

As a Masshole I'm honor-bound to argue that between Tocqueville's time and Faulkner's New England produced some good stuff.

[Derpist]

No clue who this is, but I definitely agree on southern gothic literature. American literature is pretty miserable outside of the South, something that Tocqueville actually commented on...extensively.

As a Masshole I'm honor-bound to argue that between Tocqueville's time and Faulkner's New England produced some good stuff.

Please don't try to laud Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Does Edith Wharton count as a New Englander?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

No clue who this is, but I definitely agree on southern gothic literature. American literature is pretty miserable outside of the South, something that Tocqueville actually commented on...extensively.

As a Masshole I'm honor-bound to argue that between Tocqueville's time and Faulkner's New England produced some good stuff.

Please don't try to laud Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I'm thinking of Hawthorne and, to the extent that he spent a lot of time in Massachusetts, Melville. Not a fan of the Transcendentalists.

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Wharton is Homo atlanticus (like Henry James, John Singer Sargent on the visual-arts side of things, et cetera) but spent enough time in Rhode Island (as a child) and Massachusetts (as an adult) that we count her for certain purposes, yeah. She counts if Melville counts.

I'd also add Emily Dickinson and (some of) Shirley Jackson as great New England writers, although if we're restricting ourselves to prose Dickinson obviously doesn't count.

[Derpist]

Man, I was really on board with all of your literary tastes before Emily Dickinson came up. I do remember Tocqueville reserved the majority of his screed against American poetry.

Yeah, Wharton never struck me as a New Englander though I think that one book with the sled accident was set in Massachusetts.

That being said, how long does one have to live in New England to count? I'm wondering if I get to count.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Seems like a FF.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Man, I was really on board with all of your literary tastes before Emily Dickinson came up. I do remember Tocqueville reserved the majority of his screed against American poetry.

I lived in Amherst for years. I'm obligated.

What kind of poetry do you like?

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Frankly, I don't care for Ethan Frome. There's a whole laundry list of reasons, mostly personal, why not.

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I'd just say 'long enough to get a feel for the place', which is different for every person. That's why I'd say Jackson definitely counts, Melville probably counts, Wharton sometimes count, and Twain doesn't count. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court just feels 'off'.

[Leinad]

FF. I like his style, and I look forward to seeing where he goes as a poster from here. (It helps that I think the genre after which he's named is collectively one of the best bodies of writing America has produced.)

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Freedom Genre. Just yesterday I was enjoying some of Erskine Caldwell's short stories.

[Figueira]

Definitely seems like an FF.

[beaver2.0]

FF!  Jim Webb/Southern Gothic 2016!

[Crumpets]

Seems a lot like Miles, who is also an FF. Although I haven't been around long enough to know him as well as most on here.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Seems a lot like Miles, who is also an FF. Although I haven't been around long enough to know him as well as most on here.

Sadly, Miles turned into a Drumpf supporter.

[Mr. Smith]

Massive FF.

Like what Miles was before he turned to the Dark Side.

[Virginiá]

FF and hopefully not a current or future Drumpf supporter.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Definitely seems like an FF.

[RINO Tom]

Seems both very nice and very cool, which is infinitely more important than his politics.  FF.

[Mike Thick]

Pretty chill. FF.

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[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Seems both very nice and very cool, which is infinitely more important than his politics.  FF.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Isn't that a TV series where Gary Cole plays the devil or something?

[White Trash]

Well y'all are making me feel finer than a frog's hair split four ways! You folks are just too kind!

[Хahar 🤔]

Young Goodman Brown is, I believe strongly, the most important American short story.