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Writes About South

What Taylor writes about is the
South and the changes in the mores
and manners of the Southern
people which have taken place as a
result of the economic and cultural
transformation this region has undergone
in the past fifty years.
Taylor believes that in these past
fifty years the two geographical
regions of the world which have
produced the greatest literature are
the South and Ireland. He reasons
that this is a result of the swift and
often violent changes which are
such a great part of life in these
areas which produce within writers
a greater opportunity to understand
life and create from it.