J. Gordon Coogler, who was nicknamed the “last bard” of this region, wrote a poem that laments “her books have grown fewer.” This region was called the most backwards part of its country in the essay “The Sahara of the Bozart.” In a novel’s final scene, Shreve asks his college roommate “Why do you hate” this region. It names a “renaissance” partly 
J. Gordon Coogler, who was nicknamed the “last bard” of this region, wrote a poem that laments “her books have grown fewer.” This region was called the most backwards part of its country in the essay “The Sahara of the Bozart.” In a novel’s final scene, Shreve asks his college roommate “Why do you hate” this region. It names a “renaissance” partly started by John Crowe Ransom and a style of gothic fiction that includes works by Carson McCullers and William Faulkner. For 10 points, name this large American region that contains Mississippi and Alabama.