The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs (Southern Literary Studies)

Flora, Joseph M. [Editor]; MacKethan, Lucinda Hardwick [Editor]; Adams, Timothy D. [Contributor]; Anderson, Eric Gary [Contributor]; Ashburn, Gwen [Contributor]; Avery, Laurence [Contributor]; Baker, Barbara [Contributor]; Barney, William [Contributor]; Beilke, Debra [Contributor]; Berke, Amy Johnson [Contributor]; Berry, William [Contributor];

ISBN 10: 0807126926 / ISBN 13: 9780807126929

Verlag: LSU Press, 2001

Beschreibung

Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2310180002

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs (Southern Literary Studies)
• Verlag: LSU Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0807126926
• ISBN-13: 9780807126929
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Gewicht: 12 Unzen
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Literature and Criticism

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Inhaltsangabe

Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice

Selected as an Outstanding Reference Source by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association

There are many anthologies of southern literature, but this is the fi�rst companion. Neither a survey of masterpieces nor a biographical sourcebook, The Companion to Southern Literature treats every conceivable topic found in southern writing from the pre-Columbian era to the present, referencing specifi�c works of all periods and genres. Top scholars in their fi�elds offer original defi�nitions and examples of the concepts they know best, identifying the themes, burning issues, historical personalities, beloved icons, and common or uncommon stereotypes that have shaped the most signifi�cant regional literature in memory.

Read the copious offerings straight through in alphabetical order (Ancestor Worship, Blue-Collar Literature, Caves) or skip randomly at whim (Guilt, The Grotesque, William Jefferson Clinton). Whatever approach you take, The Companion's authority, scope, and variety in tone and interpretation will prove a boon and a delight. Explored here are literary embodiments of the Old South, New South, Solid South, Savage South, Lazy South, and ""Sahara of the Bozart."" As up-to-date as grit lit, K Mart fi�ction, and postmodernism, and as old-fashioned as Puritanism, mules, and the tall tale, these fi�ve hundred entries span a reach from Lady to Lesbian Literature.

The volume includes an overview of every southern state's belletristic heritage while making it clear that the southern mind extends beyond geographical boundaries to form an essential component of the American psyche. The South's lavishly rich literature provides the best means of understanding the region's deepest nature, and The Companion to Southern Literature will be an invaluable tool for those who take on that exciting challenge.

Description of Contents:

• 500 lively, succinct articles on topics ranging from Abolition to Yoknapatawpha
• 250 contributors, including scholars, writers, and poets
• 2 tables of contents, alphabetical and subject, and a complete index
• A separate bibliography for most entries

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joseph M. Flora is Atlanta Professor of Southern Culture and formerly chair of the English department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author or editor of many books, including Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary and Rediscovering Vardis Fisher: Centennial Essays.

Lucinda H. MacKethan is professor of English at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and has published numerous works on American women's literature and slavery, including Daughters of Time: Creating Woman's Voice in Southern Story.

Todd Taylor is assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.