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Titre(s) : Twenty-first-century Southern writers [Texte imprimé] : new voices, new perspectives / edited by Jean W. Cash and Richard Gaughran
Publication : Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2021
Description matérielle : xii, 203 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Contributions by Destiny O. Birdsong, Jean W. Cash, Kevin Catalano, Amanda Dean Freeman,
David Gates, Richard Gaughran, Rebecca Godwin, Joan Wylie Hall, Dixon Hearne, Phillip
Howerton, Emily D. Langhorne, Shawn E. Miller, Melody Pritchard, Nick Ripatrazone,
Bes Stark Spangler, Scott Hamilton Suter, Melanie Benson Taylor, Jay Varner, and Scott
D. Yarbrough Twenty-First-Century Southern Writers: New Voices, New Perspectives,
an anthology of critical essays, introduces a new group of fiction writers from the
American South. These fresh voices, like their twentieth-century predecessors, examine
what it means to be a southerner in the modern world. These writers' works cover wide-ranging
subjects and themes: the history of the region, the continued problems of the working-class
South, the racial divisions that have continued, the violence of the modern world,
and the difficulties of establishing a spiritual identity in a modern context. The
approaches and styles vary from writer to writer, with realistic, place-centered description
as the foundation of many of their works. They have also created new perspectives
regarding point of view, and some have moved toward the inclusion of "magic realism"
and even science fiction in their work. The nineteen essays in Twenty-First-Century
Southern Writers feature a handful of fiction writers who are already well known,
such as National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward, Tayari Jones, Michael Farris Smith,
and Inman Majors. Others deserve greater recognition, and, in many cases, works in
this anthology will be the first pieces of analysis dedicated to writers and their
work. Twenty-First-Century Southern Writers aims to alert scholars of southern literature,
as well as the reading public, to an exciting and varied group of writers, while laying
a foundation for future examination of these works"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Cash, Jean W. (1938-....). Éditeur scientifique
Gaughran, Richard (1952-....). Éditeur scientifique
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : 21st century Southern writers
Sujet(s) : Littérature américaine -- 21e siècle -- États-Unis (sud)
Écrivains américains -- États-Unis (sud) -- 2000-....
Indice(s) Dewey :
810.997 5 (23e éd.) = Littérature américaine de langue anglaise - Histoire et critique - États-Unis -
Sud-est
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781496833334. - ISBN 1496833333 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb472785503
Notice n° :
FRBNF47278550
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction --. The "sweet dark heart" of Louisiana: individual authenticity and
Barb Johnson's working-class New Orleans / / Emily D. Langhorne ; ; "I ought to have
worn overalls": the novels of Inman Majors in the millennial south / / Scott D. Yarbrough
; ; Joe Samuel Starnes: a devoted disciple of the rough south gospel / / Kevin Catalano
; ; Of all things sacred and sensual: the fiction of Jamie Quatro / / Nick Ripatrazone
; ; Michael Farris Smith: "truckin' to success" / / Jean W. Cash ; ; Difficult women:
Tayari Jones and the recuperation of representations / / Destiny O. Birdsong ; ;
Home and the myth of reinvention in the fiction of Stephanie Powell Watts / / Melody
Pritchard ; ; Brian Panowich: music of the country / / Jay Varner ; ; "The heart
of the matter": blending fiction and history / / Bes Stark Spangler ; ; Skip Horack:
representing the people / / Phillip Howerton ; ; Songs for the unsung: Jesmyn Ward's
narratives of race, loss, and survival / / Joan Wylie Hall ; ; "Depending on where
you stop telling it": family and redemption in the novels of Wiley Cash / / Scott
Hamilton Suter ; ; "In your heart": the emotive landscapes and characters of David
Armand's rough south / / Dixon Hearne ; ; Karen Russell: a south without borders
/ / Melanie Benson Taylor ; ; Beauty in brokenness: Steph Post's rough south noir
/ / Amanda Dean Freeman ; ; "The right place for love": the fiction of Thomas Pierce
/ / Richard Gaughran ; ; Landscapes of blood and desire: the fiction of Taylor Brown
/ / Shawn E. Miller ; ; David Joy: listening through the violence / / Rebecca Godwin
; ; "Spirit came through": Lee Clay Johnson / / David Gates.
