04335nam 2200757 a 450 991014542240332120230617040325.01-78268-604-51-281-32082-X97866113208290-470-70350-41-4051-6514-60-470-75693-40-470-75669-1(CKB)1000000000405668(EBL)350895(OCoLC)437213927(SSID)ssj0000126205(PQKBManifestationID)11142339(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126205(PQKBWorkID)10030006(PQKB)10700406(MiAaPQ)EBC350895(MiAaPQ)EBC4956948(Au-PeEL)EBL350895(CaPaEBR)ebr10233141(Au-PeEL)EBL4956948(CaONFJC)MIL132082(OCoLC)1027174964(EXLCZ)99100000000040566820030917d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA companion to the literature and culture of the American south[electronic resource] /edited by Richard Gray and Owen Robinson1st ed.Malden, MA Blackwell Pub.20041 online resource (666 p.)Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;23Description based upon print version of record.0-631-22404-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Plates; PART I Introduction; 1 Writing Southern Cultures; PART II Themes and Issues; 2 The First Southerners: Jamestown's Colonists as Exemplary Figures; 3 Slave Narratives; 4 Plantation Fiction; 5 The Slavery Debate; 6 Southern Writers and the Civil War; 7 Visualizing the Poor White; 8 Southern Appalachia; 9 The Southern Literary Renaissance; 10 The Native-American South; 11 Southern Music; 12 Country Music; 13 The Civil Rights Debate; 14 Southern Religion(s)15 African-American Fiction and Poetry16 Southern Drama; 17 Sports in the South; 18 The South Through Other Eyes; 19 The South in Popular Culture; PART III Individuals and Movements; 20 Edgar Allan Poe; 21 Southwestern Humor; 22 Mark Twain; 23 Ellen Glasgow; 24 Fugitives and Agrarians; 25 William Faulkner; 26 Literature of the African-American Great Migration; 27 Zora Neale Hurston; 28 Flannery O'Connor; 29 Eudora Welty; 30 Oral Culture and Southern Fiction; 31 Recent and Contemporary Women Writers in the South; 32 The South in Contemporary African-American Fiction33 Writing in the South NowPART IV Afterword; 34 Searching for Southern Identity; IndexFrom 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 -Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;23.American literatureSouthern StatesHistory and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcAuthors, AmericanHomes and hauntsSouthern StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcSouthern StatesIntellectual lifeHandbooks, manuals, etcSouthern StatesIn literatureHandbooks, manuals, etcSouthern StatesCivilizationHandbooks, manuals, etcAmerican literatureHistory and criticismAuthors, AmericanHomes and haunts810.9/975Gray Richard J247614Robinson Owen954072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910145422403321A companion to the literature and culture of the American south2157606UNINA