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Andrew Lytle

AmericanDecember 26, 1902 – December 12, 1995Southern Fiction

Andrew Lytle was a Southern Agrarian novelist and editor of The Sewanee Review who wrote historically grounded fiction of the American South and West. His novel The Velvet Horn is his most praised achievement.

Works

  • The Long NightCivil War novel depicting a family's destruction amid battle chaos→
  • At the Moon's InnHistorical novel about Spanish explorer De Soto's expedition in America→
  • A Name for EvilGothic novel about a man haunted by his ancestral home→
  • The Velvet HornNovel of family secrets and psychological darkness in Southern Gothic→
  • A Wake for the LivingMemoir of Lytle's family history and Southern cultural heritage→

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