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Moments of mathematical reckoning pervade twentieth-century southern literature by authors including William Faulkner, Anita Loos, William Attaway, and Dorothy Allison, revealing a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity.

Identity (Psychology) in literature. --- Ego (Psychology) in literature. --- Narcissism in literature. --- Fetishism in literature. --- Numbers in literature. --- Value --- Value in literature. --- American literature --- Standard of value --- Cost --- Economics --- Exchange --- Wealth --- Prices --- Supply and demand --- Self-love in literature --- Psychological aspects. --- History and criticism. --- Southern States --- In literature. --- History and criticism --- 20th century --- Numbers in literature --- Fetishism in literature --- Narcissism in literature --- Identity (Psychology) in literature --- Southern States in literature --- Ego (Psychology) in literature --- Tate, Allen --- Criticism and interpretation --- Percy, William Alexander --- Johnson, James Weldon --- Hurston, Zora Neale --- Newman, Frances --- Loos, Anita --- Porter, Katherine Anne --- Allison, Dorothy --- Walker, Alice, 1944 --- -Criticism and interpretation --- Percy, Walker --- Owens, Louis --- Cao, Lan --- Baldwin, James --- Bambara, Toni Cade --- Awiakta, Marilou --- Jones, Tayari