{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-literature-and-culture-of-the-american-south-hardback-9780631224044","title":"A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South (Hardback) 9780631224044","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Gray (Edited by), R Gray (Author), Owen Robinson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631224044, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 April 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e668 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 4 cm, 1.297 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The exhaustive range of part 2, \"Themes and Issues\" merits praise. Rather than focussing on literature or a narrow definition of culture, the editors have solicited some fine essays in subjects ranging from music and religion to sports and popular culture.\" (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2009)  \u003cp\u003eA CHOICE ‘OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The latest volume in \u003ci\u003eBlackwell's \"Companions to Literature and Culture\"\u003c\/i\u003e series features 33 brief essays that run the gamut of the Southern experience, from the Jamestown settlers to the contemporary era…Like Blackwell guides, the quality of the essays is high, and the authors cover as many points as possible within the space limits given them. Highly recommended. All academic and public libraries.”  \u003ci\u003e(Choice)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[T]he many contributors, British and American, to this splendid compendium of fact and opinion demonstrate the rich variety of literature and music that has emanated from the South in the past 150 years [...] The \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is methodical in its overall structure and is comprehensive, informative and clearly written throughout. Each chapter has extensive lists of references and further reading and the index is full and accurate. This is a work that will remain a vital source for students of the subject and that can be profitably used by readers in general.\" \u003ci\u003e(Reference Reviews)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines treatment of major literary works and historical events with a survey of broader themes, movements and issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCo-edited by the esteemed scholar Richard Gray, author of the acclaimed volume, \u003ci\u003eA History of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2003)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Plates xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Writing Southern Cultures 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Themes and Issues 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The First Southerners: Jamestown’s Colonists as Exemplary Figures 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary C. Fuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Slave Narratives 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Phillips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Plantation Fiction 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn M. Grammer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Slavery Debate 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan-Mary Grant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Southern Writers and the Civil War 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan-Mary Grant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Visualizing the Poor White 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuart Kidd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Southern Appalachia 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Tate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Southern Literary Renaissance 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Native-American South 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMick Gidley and Ben Gidley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Southern Music 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Country Music 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Civil Rights Debate 221\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard H. King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Southern Religion(s) 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Reagan Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 African-American Fiction and Poetry 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. J. Ellis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Southern Drama 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Zelinsky and Amy Cuomo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Sports in the South 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The South Through Other Eyes 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The South in Popular Culture 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllison Graham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Individuals and Movements 353\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Edgar Allan Poe 355\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry Claridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Southwestern Humor 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn M. Grammer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Mark Twain 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Stoneley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Ellen Glasgow 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulius Rowan Raper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Fugitives and Agrarians 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Hook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 William Faulkner 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Godden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Literature of the African-American Great Migration 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Fullbrook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Zora Neale Hurston 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWill Brantley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Flannery O’Connor 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Castillo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Eudora Welty 502\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Nordby Gretlund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Oral Culture and Southern Fiction 518\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJill Terry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Recent and Contemporary Women Writers in the South 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharon Monteith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The South in Contemporary African-American Fiction 552\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. Robert Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Writing in the South Now 571\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Guinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV Afterword 589\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Searching for Southern Identity 591\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames C. 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