OLLI0110 - The Fugitives, the Agrarians, and Vanderbilt

Course Description

The most famous graduates of Vanderbilt University began, exactly a century ago, to publish a small literary magazine called The Fugitive that ushered in modern literature in the South. Several members of this group went on, in the late 1920’s to form the Agrarians who in their book, I’ll Take My Stand promulgated the last serious conservative criticism of industrial capitalism. Until the last of the Fugitives, and the Agrarians died in 1995, their legacy both honored Vanderbilt and exasperated it. This class will discuss the origin and legacy of both the Fugitives and Agrarians, and some of the more famous members, and where they fit in 21st century southern culture. This course will be recorded.