Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sitting in Darkness Sitting in Darkness Peter Schmidt Sitting in Darkness explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimination, and U.S. foreign policy towards i… OL1452983W
The South that wasn't there The South that wasn't there Michael Kreyling Once, history and "the South" dwelt in close proximity. Representations of the South in writing and on film assumed everybody knew what had happened in place and time to create the South. Today, our … OL16093070W
The companion to southern literature The companion to southern literature Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan,Joseph M. Flora "Solidly authoritative and comprehensive, The Companion to Southern Literature spans the genres, languages, ideologies, events, culture, literary history, works, and writers that comprise the literat… OL18253209W
On matters southern On matters southern Marion Montgomery "This work is divided into five sections--"The Author at Work and Home," "On Place and Region," "On Fugitives, Agrarians, and New Critics," "On Individual Authors" and "On Books and Schooling." In th… OL1828458W
The female tradition in southern literature The female tradition in southern literature Carol S. Manning This collection of critical essays examines the contributions to and influences on literature that have been made by Southern women writers.--From publisher description. OL20433436W
Shelby Foote Shelby Foote C. Stuart Chapman "For a biographer Shelby Foote is a famously reluctant subject. In writing this biography however, C. Stuart Chapman gained valuable access through interviews and shared correspondence, an advantage … OL5953378W
The belle gone bad The belle gone bad Betina Entzminger "Examining the "bad belle" as a recurring character, The Belle Gone Bad finds that white southern women writers from the antebellum period to the present have used treacherous belles to subtly indict… OL6209267W
Voices from the quarters Voices from the quarters Doyle, Mary Ellen ""Who will write about the way my people talk, the way my people sing?" Mary Ellen Doyle gathers and makes audible the voices arising from all of Ernest J. Gaines's fiction to date - the indelible ch… OL6211374W
Lincoln and the Decision for War Lincoln and the Decision for War Russell A. McClintock When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking book, the first major study in over 50 ye… OL9592230W