Andrew Lytle
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Brief Biography
Andrew Lytle was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, but also spent time in Guntersville, Alabama, while growing up. After graduating from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in 1925, Lytle spent a year in Alabama before attending Yale University in the fall of 1926. Lytle returned to Tennessee in 1929, engaging in farming and writing. He published a biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest in 1931 and contributed to the influential Agrarian anthology I'll Take My Stand. His first novel, The Long Night, was published in 1936 and led to him receiving two Guggenheim fellowships in fiction writing. He later pursued a teaching career while continuing to write fiction and nonfiction. Lytle published his memoir, A Wake for the Living, in 1975 and passed away in 1995.
Publications
Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company. New York; Minton, Balch and Co., 1931.
The Long Night. Indiana; Bobbs-Merrill, 1936.
At the Moon's Inn. New York; Bobbs-Merrill, 1941.
V'ardshuset M'anen; ber'attelsen om Hermando de Soto's Expedition till Florida. Stockholm; A. Sohlman, 1943.
A Name for Evil; a Novel. Indiana; Bobbs-Merrill, 1947.
The Velvet Horn. New York; McDowell, Oblensky, 1957.
A Novel, a Novella, and Four Stories. New York; McDowell, Oblensky, 1958.
A Christian University and the World; an Address for the Founder's Day 1964. Tennessee; The University of the South, 1964.
The Hero with the Private Parts; Essays. Louisiana; Louisiana State University Press, 1966.
A Wake for the Living; a Family Chronicle. New York; Crown, 1975.
Alchemy. North Carolina; Paleomon, 1979.
Reflections of a Ghost; an Agrarian View After Fifty Years. Dallas; New London Press, 1980.
From Eden to Babylon; the Social and Political Essays of Andrew Nelson Lytle. Washington, D.C.; Regnery Gateway, 1990.
Kristin: A Reading. Columbia; University of Missouri Press, 1992.
The Long Night. Indiana; Bobbs-Merrill, 1936.
At the Moon's Inn. New York; Bobbs-Merrill, 1941.
V'ardshuset M'anen; ber'attelsen om Hermando de Soto's Expedition till Florida. Stockholm; A. Sohlman, 1943.
A Name for Evil; a Novel. Indiana; Bobbs-Merrill, 1947.
The Velvet Horn. New York; McDowell, Oblensky, 1957.
A Novel, a Novella, and Four Stories. New York; McDowell, Oblensky, 1958.
A Christian University and the World; an Address for the Founder's Day 1964. Tennessee; The University of the South, 1964.
The Hero with the Private Parts; Essays. Louisiana; Louisiana State University Press, 1966.
A Wake for the Living; a Family Chronicle. New York; Crown, 1975.
Alchemy. North Carolina; Paleomon, 1979.
Reflections of a Ghost; an Agrarian View After Fifty Years. Dallas; New London Press, 1980.
From Eden to Babylon; the Social and Political Essays of Andrew Nelson Lytle. Washington, D.C.; Regnery Gateway, 1990.
Kristin: A Reading. Columbia; University of Missouri Press, 1992.
Themes
Andrew Lytle wrote short stories, novels, and nonfiction. His work was informed by his upbringing in a farming family and his association with the literary group known as the Agrarians. Themes in his works include cultural change, revenge, and family.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
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Citation
Lytle, Andrew, “Andrew Lytle,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/630.