A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South
A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) edited by Richard Gray, Owen Robinson
English | June 18, 2004 | ISBN: 0631224041, 1405163690 | True PDF | 668 pages | 5.2 MB
English | June 18, 2004 | ISBN: 0631224041, 1405163690 | True PDF | 668 pages | 5.2 MB
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)