A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South

Gray, Richard; Robinson, Owen

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)

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2007-11-28

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781405163699

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Dimensions: 246.4cm x172.7cm

Pages: 666.0