The World Is Our Home by
"The World is Our Home offers new perspectives on the momentous changes taking place in southern society. As they register the enduring social conflicts of their region, and as they record its evolving cultural identity, contemporary southern authors grapple with the legacies of the southern past even as they envision new possibilities for the future."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Inside the Church of Flannery O'Connor by
"This book offers essays by leading scholars who have advanced the codification of O'Connor as a writer preoccupied with religious, and especially Catholic, theories. In counterbalance, the collection presents voices of sharp dissent. These scholars find themselves at odds with O'Connor's own interpretations and with much of the existing scholarship concerning her work." "The promise of such a diverse collection rests in the dialogues between and among their essays."--BOOK JACKET.
Shelby Foote by
Born into Mississippi Delta gentry in 1916, Foote has engaged in a lifelong struggle with the realities behind his persona, the classic image of the southern gentleman. His polished civil graces mask a conflict deep within. Foote's beloved South is a changing region, and even progressive change, of which Foote approves, can be unsettling.
A Southern Weave of Women by
A Southern Weave of Women is one of the first sustained treatments of the generation women writers who came of age in the post-World War II South as well as one of the first to situate southern literature fully within a multicultural context." "Linda Tate considers the ways in which the women writers of the present generation reflect, expand, transform and redefine longstanding notions of regional culture and womanhood.
Vietnam and the Southern Imagination by
A revealing look at how the new generation of southern writers links southern cultural heritage and the American experience in Vietnam
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by
-- Presents concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work -- Provides multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters -- Digests of critical extracts prefaced by headnotes
Alice Walker by
-- User's guide -- A comprehensive biography of the novelist -- Detailed plot summaries of each novel -- Extracts from important critical essays that examine important aspects of each work -- A complete bibliography of the writer's novels -- A list of critical works about the author and his or her novels -- An index of themes and ideas covered in the books
Pat Conroy by 