| Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology Contributor(s): Graham, Don (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393328287 ISBN-13: 9780393328288 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: "An indispensable addition to the canon of Texas letters."--Steve Bennett, "San Antonio Express News" A vast land combining the West, the South, and the Border, small dusty towns and gleaming modern cities, Texas has a history and identity all its own, and a mythology bigger than the Lone Star State itself. In this anthology, selected as a Southwest Book of the Year in 2003, Don Graham has rounded up a comprehensive collection of writings that provides an overview of the diversity and excellence of Texas literature and reveals its vital contribution to America's literary landscape. The result is a sometimes rowdy, always artful panorama of fable and truth, humor and pathos--all growing out of the state that continues to stimulate the collective imagination like no other. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.42" W x 9.16" (2.08 lbs) 736 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
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| Publisher Description: A vast land combining the West, the South, and the Border, small dusty towns and gleaming modern cities, Texas has a history and identity all its own, and a mythology bigger than the Lone Star State itself. In this anthology, selected as a Southwest Book of the Year in 2003, Don Graham has rounded up a comprehensive collection of writings that provides an overview of the diversity and excellence of Texas literature and reveals its vital contribution to America's literary landscape. The result is a sometimes rowdy, always artful panorama of fable and truth, humor and pathos--all growing out of the state that continues to stimulate the collective imagination like no other. |
Contributor Bio(s): Graham, Don: - Don Graham is J. Frank Dobie Regents Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. A writer-at-large with Texas Monthly Magazine, he is also the author of Kings of Texas. |