Appalachia Inside Out, Volume 2 - Culture and Custom

The two volumes of Appalachia Inside Out constitute the most comprehensive anthology of writings on Appalachia ever assembled. Representing the work of approximately two hundred authors-fiction writers, poets, scholars in disciplines such as history, literary criticism, and sociology-Appalachia Inside Out reveals the fascinating diversity of the region and lays to rest many of the reductive stereotypes long associated with it.

About the author

Robert J. Higgs is professor of English, emeritus, at East Tennessee State University and the author of Laurel and Thorn: The Athlete in American Literature.
Ambrose N. Manning is professor of English, emeritus, at East Tennessee State University and a noted collector of folk songs and folklore.
Jim Wayne Miller, a poet, novelist, and essayist, is a professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University.

Summary

The two volumes of Appalachia Inside Out constitute the most comprehensive anthology of writings on Appalachia ever assembled. Representing the work of approximately two hundred authors, Appalachia Inside Out reveals the fascinating diversity of the region and lays to rest many of the reductive stereotypes long associated with it.

Product details

• Authors: Robert J Higgs, Robert J. Higgs
• Assisted by: Robert J. Higgs (Editor), Ambrose N. Manning (Editor), Jim Wayne Miller (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Tennessee Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.1995
• EAN: 9780870498763
• ISBN: 978-0-87049-876-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Development; Development
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies