"The South is often misunderstood on the national stage, characterized by its struggles with poverty, education, and racism, yet the region has yielded an abundance of undeniably great literature. In Southern Writers on Writing, Susan Cushman collects twenty-six writers from across the South wh...

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Other Authors:	Cushman, Susan 1951- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson University Press of Mississippi [2018]
Subjects:	American literature > Southern States > History and criticism American literature > 2st century > History and criticism Authors, American > 21st century Schreiben > Motiv Amerikanisches Englisch Literatur Southern States > Intellectual life > 1865- Southern States > In literature USA > Südstaaten Aufsatzsammlung
Summary:	"The South is often misunderstood on the national stage, characterized by its struggles with poverty, education, and racism, yet the region has yielded an abundance of undeniably great literature. In Southern Writers on Writing, Susan Cushman collects twenty-six writers from across the South whose work celebrates southern culture and shapes the landscape of contemporary Southern literature. Contributors hail from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida. Contributors like Lee Smith, Michael Farris Smith, W. Ralph Eubanks, and Harrison Scott Key, among others, explore issues like, race, politics, and family and the apex of those issues colliding. It discusses landscapes, voices in the South and how writers write. The anthology is divided into six sections, including "Becoming a Writer"; "Becoming a Southern Writer"; "Place, Politics, People"; "Writing about Race"; "The Craft of Writing"; and "A Little Help from My Friends" ...
Item Description:	Includes index
Physical Description:	XX, 200 Seiten
ISBN:	9781496815002