Lytle, Andrew Nelson, 1902-1995

Andrew Nelson Lytle (Dec. 26, 1902-Dec. 12, 1995) was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and graduated from Vanderbilt University. He was a novelist, dramatist, essayist, and professor of literature. As a member of the Agrarians, he contributed a chapter to that group's manifesto, I'll take my stand. He taught at the University of the South and edited the Sewanee review. Among his greatest works are Bedford Forrest and his Critter Company, a biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest; The velvet horn, a novel; and A wake for the living. The last surviving Agrarian, he lived his last twenty years in a cabin on the grounds of the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly in Monteagle, Tennessee.

From the description of A Wake for the Living Manuscript, ca. 1975. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 271111281

Andrew Nelson Lytle (Dec. 26, 1902-Dec. 12, 1995) was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and graduated from Vanderbilt University. He was a novelist, dramatist, essayist, and professor of literature. As a member of the Agrarians, he contributed a chapter to that group's manifesto, I'll take my stand. He taught at the University of the South and edited the Sewanee review. Among his greatest works are Bedford Forrest and his Critter Company, a biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest; The velvet horn, a novel; and A wake for the living. The last surviving Agrarian, he lived his last twenty years in a cabin on the grounds of the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly in Monteagle, Tennessee

From the description of Andrew Nelson Lytle Papers (Addition), 1853-1995. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 271457323

From the description of Andrew Nelson Lytle Papers (1988 Addition), 1902-1995. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 271465358

From the description of Andrew Nelson Lytle Papers, 1873-1988. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 271449993

American author and editor.

From the description of Letters to Roysce Smith [manuscript], 1962-1964. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647861961