| A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South Contributor(s): Gray, Richard (Editor), Robinson, Owen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0631224041 ISBN-13: 9780631224044 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $200.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this "Companion" is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South. Consisting of over 30 original contributions, each of them written by an acknowledged authority in their field, the "Companion" reveals the diversity of the Southern region, as expressed in different forms of thought, work, and imaginative play. The first major section, concentrating on themes and issues, looks at the distinctive cultural characteristics of the American South and includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history and politics. The second focuses on writers who have made significant contributions to Southern thinking and the imaginative reinvention of the South. These include Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, and range from the earliest writers in the region to all those - black and white, male and female - who are writing now. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.997 |
| LCCN: 2003020737 |
| Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.67" H x 6.96" W x 9.88" (2.88 lbs) 668 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
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| Publisher Description: From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this Companion is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South.
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