LEADER 04463nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910959775003321 005 20251117003520.0 010 $a0-8214-4134-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713539 035 $a(EBL)3026846 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431847 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11303193 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431847 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10476787 035 $a(PQKB)10855332 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3026846 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3026846 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091957 035 $a(OCoLC)191947097 035 $a(BIP)10288383 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713539 100 $a20041007d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 03$aAn American vein $ecritical readings in Appalachian literature /$fedited by Danny L. Miller, Sharon Hatfield, and Gurney Norman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (418 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8214-1589-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 New Directions""; ""2 Appalachian Literature at Home in This World""; ""3 Jesse Stuart and James Still""; ""4 The Changing Poetic Canon""; ""5 James Still's Poetry""; ""6 On Harriette Arnow's The Dollmaker""; ""7 The Christian and the Classic in The Dollmaker""; ""8 Social Criticism in the Works of Wilma Dykeman""; ""9 Casting a Long Shadow""; ""10 O Beulah Land""; ""11 The Beulah/Canona Connection""; ""12 The Appalachian Homeplace as Oneiric House in Jim Wayne Miller's The Mountains Have Come Closer""; ""13 The Mechanical Metaphor"" 327 $a""14 Kin and Kindness in Gurney Norman's Kinfolks: The Wilgus Stories""""15 The Primal Ground of Life""; ""16 John Ehle and Appalachian Fiction""; ""17 The Power of Language in Lee Smith's Oral History""; ""18 A New, Authoritative Voice""; ""19 Where's Love?""""; ""20 Family Journeys in Jo Carson's Daytrips""; ""21 Points of Kinship""; ""22 Fred Chappella's Urn of Memory""; ""23 Coming Out from Under Calvinism""; ""24 Robert Morgan's Mountain Voice and Lucid Prose""; ""25 Class and Identity in Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven""; ""26 Cormac McCarthy"" 330 $aThe blossoming of Appalachian studies began some thirty years ago. Thousands of young people from the hills have since been made aware of their region's rich literary tradition through high school and college courses. An entire generation has discovered that their own landscapes, families, and communities had been truthfully portrayed by writers whose background was similar to their own. "An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature" is an anthology of literary criticism of Appalachian novelists, poets, and playwrights. The book reprises critical writing of influential authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Cratis Williams, and Jim Wayne Miller. It introduces new writing by Rodger Cunningham, Elizabeth Engelhardt, and others. Many writers from the mountains have found success and acclaim outside the region, but the region itself as a thriving center of literary creativity has not been widely appreciated. The editors of An American Vein have remedied this, producing the first general collection of Appalachian literary criticism. This book is a resource for those who teach and read Appalachian literature. What's more, it holds the promise of introducing new readers, nationally and internationally, to Appalachian literature and its relevance to our times. 606 $aAmerican literature$zAppalachian Region$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAuthors, American$xHomes and haunts$zAppalachian Region 606 $aMountain life in literature 607 $aAppalachian Region$xIntellectual life 607 $aAppalachian Region$xIn literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAuthors, American$xHomes and haunts 615 0$aMountain life in literature. 676 $a810.9/974 701 $aMiller$b Danny$f1949-$01870833 701 $aHatfield$b Sharon$f1956-$01096987 701 $aNorman$b Gurney$f1937-$01870834 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959775003321 996 $aAn American vein$94479364 997 $aUNINA