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Remapping southern literature : contemporary Southern writers and the West
- Title
- Remapping southern literature : contemporary Southern writers and the West / Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.
- Author
- Brinkmeyer, Robert H.
- Publication
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2000.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 130 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In Remapping Southern Literature: Contemporary Southern Writers and the West, Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr. studies current Southern authors of novels, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction who have been breaking the mold of Southern literature by looking westward. Cut loose, in the postmodern age, from traditional roots in a sense of place, contemporary Southern writers have explored an American West shaped by the myths of lawless freedom and disruptive expansion.
- The fiction of Doris Betts, Barry Hannah, Cormac McCarthy, Madison Smartt Bell, Richard Ford, Rick Bass, Barbara Kingsolver, Chris Offutt, Frederick Barthelme, Dorothy Allison, and Clyde Edgerton, among others, challenges long-standing definitions of Southern fiction and regional identity and reconfigures the myths of the West that have shaped American life." "In Remapping Southern Literature, Brinkmeyer proposes that today's Southern writers are not by this shift abandoning Southern culture but are instead expanding its reach by seeking to balance the ideals of the South and West."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 42
- Uniform Title
- Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 42.
- Alternative Title
- Contemporary Southern writers and the West
- Subject
- Since 1865
- American literature > Southern States > History and criticism
- American literature > West (U.S.) > History and criticism
- Regionalism in literature
- American literature
- Intellectual life
- Literature
- Literatur
- Westen Motiv
- Geschichte 1970-2000
- Southern States > Intellectual life > 1865-
- Southern States > In literature
- West (U.S.) > In literature
- Southern States
- West United States
- USA > Südstaaten
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-125) and index.
- Contents
- Embracing Place -- Bleeding Westward -- Regeneration through Community.
- ISBN
- 0820321893
- 9780820321899
- LCCN
- 99043731
- OCLC
- ocm42290846
- 42290846
- SCSB-1131351
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library