Twentieth-Century Southern Literature [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryant, J. A., Jr.

Series:

New Perspectives on the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism--20th century--Southern States.

American literature.

American literature--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Authors discussed include: Wendell Berry, Erskine Caldwell, Truman Capote, Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, Shelby Foote, Zora Neal Hurston, Bobbie Ann Mason, Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor, William Styron, Anne Tyler, Alice Walker, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams, Thomas Wolfe, Richard Wright, and many more.By World War II, the Southern Renaissance had established itself as one of the most significant literary events of the century, and today much of the best American fiction is southern fiction. Though the flowering of realistic and local-color writing during

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Preface; Preface; Introduction; Part One: The Making of a Southern Literature; 1 The Development of Modern Southern Fiction; 2 Poetry and Politics at Vanderbilt, 1920-40; 3 The New Emphasis on Craftsmanship; 4 Two Major Novelists; 5 Southern Playwrights; Part Two: A Renaissance in Full Swing; 6 The Beginning of Recognition; 7 Southern Regionalism Comes of Age; 8 Women Extend Fiction's Range; 9 The New Black Writers; Part Three: Postwar Development and Diversification; 10 The South After World War II; 11 Postwar Poetry; 12 Mainstream Fiction

13 The New Major Writers 14 Three Key Figures; 15 Robert Penn Warren; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8131-4924-X