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Charles R. Brashear
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William R. Brashear deals with tragedy, not as a dramatic literary
genre, but as a basic way of experiencing the universe and of
reacting to it. The writer of tragedy forces readers to confront
much more than a tragic flaw in a single character; he forces them
to confront the gorgon's head itself, the ultimate chaos of the
universe.
For him, Aristotle's intellectualization of tragedy distorted it
for centuries because the tragic sense of life is experiential and
intuitive rather than logical and syllogistic. In the later works
of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Spangler, Brashear finds the
beginnings of the understanding of tragedy that developed in
nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature. In careful
considerations of such writers as Shakespeare, Tennyson, Conrad,
Housman, Shaw, O'Neill, and Arthur Miller, Brashear refines his
views of tragedy and tests their validity. The chapter on Tennyson
supersedes and goes well beyond "The Living Will," his earlier
study of the poet.
Brashear's discussions of individual writers reinforce each
other and point to several important conclusions about the tragic
vision and tragic art. Most significant among his conclusions is
that tragedy is often taken to be more benign and positive than it
really is and that if the tragic experience is essentially healthy
and rewarding, it is so because it involves a confrontation that
broadens, strengthens, and stabilizes and not because it suggests
any ultimate solution to the human condition.
The ninth and final volume of A BRASHEAR FAMILY HISTORY, this book
deals with James Brazier, of Cumberland Co, NC 140 pp); with
descendants of Philip Brashear, 1727-1797 (185 pp); with
Brashear(s) West of Mississippi (60 pp); with additions and
corrections (138 pp); with Non-Brashear families (70 pp) and Index
(78 pp). The book is 693 pages, contains over 10,000 names, about
50 B/W photos, and document scans.
Descendants of Basil Brashear, b. 1714: Martha (Brashears) Morrow
of Mecklenburg Co, NC; Robert Boshears of Scott and Campbell Co,
TN; William and Sarah Brashear of Spartanburg Co, SC; William
Brashear of Adair Co, MO; Ithra Brashears of Crawford Co, IL; and
Jeremiah Beshears of Hopkins and Christian Co, KY.
This book is about Basil and Middleton Brashears and their
(possible) Brashears, Breshears, Beshears, Boshears, and other
descendants in Lawrence Co, Tennessee; Benton, Polk, and
neighboring counties, Missouri; the Boise area of Idaho; the
Okanagan Valley in Washington; eastern Oklahoma; and a few other
places. The family story is that when a group of brothers, cousins,
and nephews left Lawrence Co, TN, in the 1830s, each of them
changed one letter in their surname. The sons of John Brashears, Sr
(married Mary Berry) kept the old spelling. The sons of Henry
Brashears, Sr (married Eleanor Hardin) changed to Breshears. A
brother who moved to Arkansas, William Arthur Brashears (m. Anna
Etheridge) changed his surname to Breashears. A nephew in Arkansas,
Berry Brashears (married Anna ____) changed his name to Boshears.
The three cousins in Benton, Polk, and Hickory County went by
Middleton Brashears, Nathan Turner Breshears, and Alexander
Brashears. Some of the descendants of the oldest brother, Basil
Brashears, Sr, used Beshears, Boshears, and Brashears as their
surname. Visit my website WWW.CharlesBrashear.com for a complete
table of contents. ISBN 0-933362-17-X $40 (40% commercial
discount).
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