| Mississippi Writers: Reflections of Childhood and Youth: Volume I: Fiction Contributor(s): Abbott, Dorothy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0878052321 ISBN-13: 9780878052325 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1985 Annotation: A monumental anthology in four volumes collecting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by authors from Mississippi, a state that has been called the cradle of storytellers. In a five-year project sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, Abbott made selections from the works of Faulkner, Welty, Williams, Percy, and Wright along with stories, essays, poems, and plays both by eminently known and by emerging writers from Mississippi. Each selection expresses the theme of Mississippi youth and childhood or its relevance to the life of the writer. Volume One: Fiction |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 84005131 |
| Series: Center for the Study of Southern Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.78" H x 5.95" W x 9.1" (2.40 lbs) 786 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fiction is celebrated in this first volume of a monumental anthology in four volumes collecting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by authors from Mississippi, a state that has been called the cradle of storytellers. In a five-year project sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, Abbott made selections from the works of Faulkner, Welty, Williams, Percy, and Wright along with stories, essays, poems, and plays both by eminently known and emerging writers from Mississippi. Each selection expresses the theme of Mississippi youth and childhood or its relevance to the life of the writer. |
Contributor Bio(s): Abbott, Dorothy: - Dorothy Abbott is an award-winning writer, journalist, editor, radio producer, and global activist specializing in literature, media, culture, and the arts. She served as assistant director of the literature program at the National Endowment for the Arts and has authored eight literary anthologies. |