The common lot and other stories : the published short fiction, 1908-1921 / Emma Bell Miles ; edited by Grace Toney Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, Emma Bell, 1879-1919, author.

Contributor:

Edwards, Grace Toney, editor.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

xvii, 233 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, Ohio University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"The seventeen narratives of The Common Lot and Other Stories, published in popular magazines across the United States between 1908 and 1921 and collected here for the first time, are driven by Emma Bell Miles's singular vision of the mountain people of her home in southeastern Tennessee. That vision is shaped by her strong sense of social justice, her naturalist's sensibility, and her insider's perspective. Women are at the center of these stories, and Miles deftly works a feminist sensibility beneath the plot of the title tale about a girl caught between present drudgery in her father's house and prospective drudgery as a young wife in her own. Wry, fiery, and suffused with details of both natural and social worlds, the pieces collected here provide a particularly acute portrayal of Appalachia in the early twentieth century. Miles's fiction brings us a world a century in the past, but one that will easily engage twenty-first-century readers. The introduction by editor and noted Miles expert Grace Toney Edwards places Miles in the literary context of her time. Edwards highlights Miles's quest for women's liberation from patriarchal domination and oppressive poverty, forces against which Miles herself struggled in making a name for herself as a writer and artist. Illustrations by the author and Miles family photographs complement the stories"-- Provided by publisher.

"A collection of the 17 short stories by Emma Bell Miles previously published in magazines between 1908 and 1921, with an introduction, editorial notes, and suggestions for further reading by Grace Toney Edwards"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The common lot

The broken urn

A dark rose

The home-coming of Evelina

Mallard plumage

The dulcimore

The breaks of Caney

Flyaway flittermouse

Three roads and a river

Flower of noon

At the top of Sourwood

Enchanter's nightshade

Thistle bloom

A dream of the dust

Love o' man

The white marauder

Turkey luck.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780804011730

0804011737

9780804011747

0804011745

OCLC:

932386896