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A COMPANION TO THE LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH
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| By: |
Richard Gray, Owen Robinson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£156.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0631224041 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780631224044 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
29 April, 2004 |
| Series: |
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture |
| Pages: |
672 |
| Description: |
From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this book presents the literature and culture of the American South. It includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region. It explores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Zora Neale Huston. |
| Synopsis: |
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. This book: 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; and, 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. It is co-edited by the esteemed scholar Richard Gray, author of the acclaimed volume, "A History of American Literature" (Blackwell, 2003). |
| Illustrations: |
0 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |