§16§The literary history of the American South since the Civil War has been fascinating. In more recent times on account of modernization, consequent upon industrialization and urbanization, there has been a decline in the spiritual and ethical values in the Mothern America South. And these find expression in the literature of the times. Although there were few women writers in the nineteenth century, their number increased in the twentieth century. §02§Devi, Dr. M. Uma§Dr. M. Uma Devi an Associate Professor of English, Dept of Science and Humanities, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, India. With a passionate zeal to acquire an insightful authority over teaching English possesses Post Graduate Diploma in Teachingof English. Besides teaching, she also gives research guidance to scholars.
