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A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South

By Richard Gray , Owen Robinson

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2004
ISBN
0-631-22404-1, 9780631224044
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3693207 bytes)
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Edition
1
Pages
668\667
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00

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. Includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region Combines treatment of major literary works and historical events with a survey of broader themes, movements and issues Explores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Huston, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, as well as those - black and white, male and female - who are writing now Co-edited by the esteemed scholar Richard Gray, author of the acclaimed volume, A History of American Literature (Blackwell, 2003)

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