The Companion to Southern Literature - Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs

"Solidly authoritative and comprehensive, The Companion to Southern Literature spans the genres, languages, ideologies, events, culture, literary history, works, and writers that comprise the literature of the South. From incest to grits, topics are wide-ranging and eclectic. It features alphabetical and topical tables of contents and a thorough index that allows users to find important names that may lack an entry. With more than 500 entries by 200 contributors, the book contains signed essays that are critical and complete with cross-references and a brief bibliography. This companion's affordability and comprehensiveness make it a value and a prized reference work."--"The Best of the Best Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2003.

About the author

Joseph M. Flora is Atlanta Professor of Southern Culture and formerly chair of the English department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author or editor of many books, including Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary and Rediscovering Vardis Fisher: Centennial Essays.

Lucinda H. MacKethan is professor of English at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and has published numerous works on American women's literature and slavery, including Daughters of Time: Creating Woman's Voice in Southern Story.

Todd Taylor is assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph M. (EDT)/ MacKethan Flora
• Assisted by: Joseph M Flora (Editor), Joseph M. Flora (Editor), Lucinda Hardwick Mackethan (Editor)
• Publisher: Louisiana state univ pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780807126929
• ISBN: 978-0-8071-2692-9
• No. of pages: 1144
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 64 mm
• Series: Southern Literary Studies (Har; Southern Literary Studies; Southern Literary Studies (Har
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies