The Humor of the Old South - Couverture rigide

 
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Synopsis

" The humor of the Old South-tales, almanac entries, turf reports, historical sketches, gentlemen's essays on outdoor sports, profiles of local characters-flourished between 1830 and 1860. The genre's popularity and influence can be traced in the works of major southern writers such as William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, and Harry Crews, as well as in contemporary popular culture focusing on the rural South. This collection of essays includes some of the past twe

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À propos de l?auteur

M. Thomas Inge, Robert Emory Blackwell Professor of English and Humanities at Randolph-Macon College, is the editor of William Faulkner: The Contemporary Reviews and Conversations with William Faulkner. Edward J. Piacentino, professor of English at High Point University, is the author of T.S. Stribling: Pioneer Realist in Modern Southern Literature.

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