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Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In his first collection of essays, beloved poet James Seay explores myriad universal themes including mental illness, what it means to be a parent and to lose a child, and the complexities of when different cultures collide, all told through his experience as a writer and a lifelong Southerner. We share moments with Seay that stay with us, dipping in and out of his life and our own collective experiences: his grandmother wringing chicken necks for...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A literary travelogue that ventures deep into the heart of classic Southern literature. As the writer Elif Batuman did for Russian literature in The Possessed, Margaret Eby does for Southern literature in this charming book of literary exploration. From Mississippi (William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Barry Hannah) to Alabama (Harper Lee, Truman Capote) to Georgia (Flannery O'Connor, Harry Crews) and beyond, Eby--herself a Southerner--travels...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"How do we read William Faulkner in the twenty-first century? asks Michael Gorra, one of America's most preeminent literary critics. Should we still read William Faulkner in this new century? What can his works tell us about the legacy of slavery and the Civil War, that central quarrel in our nation's history? These are the provocative questions that Michael Gorra asks in this historic portrait of the novelist and his world. Born in 1897 in Mississippi,...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"These 12 essays consider Caldwell from many angles. They discuss him as humorist, social commentator, modernist, and revolutionary novelist. They examine his themes and tropes and his use of artistic devices. A bibliography includes not only books on Caldwell but also chapters and forewords, journal articles, essays, news items and obituaries"--Provided by publisher.
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