The American South discourse in Stark Young’s «So Red the Rose» (1934) is analyzed in the article in the context of Southern literary tradition. The goal of the scholarly research is to define S. Young’s status in the American literature, explore the ties of his creative work with «plantation tradition» and Southern novels of 1930s. « As a result of the comparative analysis features typical for «So Red the Rose» as well as for other Civil war novels: M. Mitchell’s «Gone with the Wind», C. Gordon’s «None Shall Look back», A. Tate’s A. «The Fathers» etc., - have been revealed. The novel’s poetics, system of characters, and the author’s approach to interpreting Civil War events (1861 - 1865) are under consideration. S. Young is defined as the «second rank» writer in the US literature, but an exemplary representative of the Southern American tradition.
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