From Eden to Babylon: The Social and Political Essays of Andrew Nelson Lytle

by Andrew Lytle

Essays discuss the importance of agriculture, the South's confederate history, the role of the university, and the future of the South

260 pages, Hardcover

First published February 25, 1990

About the author

Andrew Nelson Lytle (December 26, 1902 – December 12, 1995) was an American novelist, dramatist, essayist and professor of literature. He was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and early in his life planned to be an actor and playwright. He studied acting at Yale University and performed on Broadway when he was in his 20s.
Unlike other Southern intellectuals who left the region never to return, Lytle went home after the death of a kinsman. Except for brief sojourns elsewhere, he remained in the South for the rest of his life.
(wikipedia)

Reviews

[Drew Norwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

We need more Andrew Lytles for our time. He writes eloquently but plainly. He acknowledges mysteries yet is not mystical. He affirms transcendent truths but through means that are intimately familiar. He defends Christendom and the old paths.