Texas Literary Outlaws - Six Writers the Sixties, and the Evolution of a Texas Culture

Informationen zum Autor Steven L. Davis received his master's degree in Southwestern studies from Texas State University-San Marcos in 1995. He has appeared often in Southwestern American Literature and Texas Books in Review . He currently serves as the assistant curator of the Southwestern Writers Collection at Texas State University-San Marcos, which houses the literary papers of Shrake, King, Brammer, and Cartwright. Klappentext At the height of the sixties! a group of Texas writers stood apart from Texas' conservative establishment. Calling themselves the Mad Dogs! they closely observed the effects of the events such as the Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassination. This is a portrait of these writers who came of age during a period of rapid social change. Zusammenfassung At the height of the sixties! a group of Texas writers stood apart from Texas' conservative establishment. Calling themselves the Mad Dogs! they closely observed the effects of the events such as the Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassination. This is a portrait of these writers who came of age during a period of rapid social change.

Product details

• Authors: Steven L Davis, Steven L. Davis
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2004
• EAN: 9780875652856
• ISBN: 978-0-87565-285-6
• No. of pages: 511
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 44 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies