| Women of Florida Fiction: Essays on 12 Sunshine State Writers Contributor(s): Powley, Tammy (Editor), Van Camp, April (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786478942 ISBN-13: 9780786478941 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 809.892 |
| LCCN: 2014041673 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.66 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Florida as symbol and myth is the subject of this collection of new critical essays exploring fiction written by female Floridian authors. In the words of author Karen Russell, the Sunshine State is virtually past-less, seasons are out of the question, and it's built on a primordial park full of monsters. Discussing the state as setting, the essayists--also Floridians--suggest that it is a creation of the stories told about it. Each of the book's 12 chapters covers one author, including a brief biography followed by one (and twice, two) essays on some of the author's works. The book's final section includes interviews with authors Lynne Barrett, Jeannine Capo Cruz, Vicki Hendricks and Angela Hunt. |