Thomas Nelson Page
Thomas Nelson Page was the most influential literary defender of the Lost Cause tradition, creating idealized portraits of antebellum plantation life that shaped national perceptions of the South for decades. His dialect stories were enormously popular.
Works
- In Ole VirginiaStory collection of plantation life and Old South traditions in Virginia
- Red RockNovel of Reconstruction-era Virginia exploring relationships between former enemies
- On Newfound RiverNovel set in the Virginia mountains featuring romance and local color
- Gordon KeithNovel following a young man's ambition and success in gilded age America
- The Old DominionHistorical novel set in Virginia during the colonial and early American periods