Add to ORKGIn this dissertation, I define regionalism in literature as the effort to define and defend a region. It has these characteristics: it affirms the image of the region it creates; it uses local details to characterize the region and to link local issues with general concerns; and it is as much about women's lives in the region as men's. Regional novels describe patriarchal l and scapes, implicitly or explicitly criticizing them. In chapter one, I review the major ways in which regionalism has been defined--as the use of local details, as literature about a region, as a movement in literary history. Chapter two is a study of The Midl and , a literary magazine published and edited by John T. Frederick from 1915 to 1933. My primary focus is on ...