{"product_id":"9780631224044","title":"A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRichard Gray | Owen Robinson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines treatment of major literary works and historical events with a survey of broader themes, movements and issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Huston, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, as well as those - black and white, male and female - who are writing now\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCo-edited by the esteemed scholar Richard Gray, author of the acclaimed volume, \u003ci\u003eA History of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2003)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRichard Gray\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Literature at the University of Essex. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Literature of Memory: Modern Writers of the American South, Writing the South: Ideas of an American Region\u003c\/i\u003e (which won the C. Hugh Holman Award from the Society for the Study of Southern Literature), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry of the Twentieth Century, The Life of William Faulkner: A Critical Biography, Southern Aberrations: Writers of the American South\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the Problems of Regionalism,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA History of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also editor of a number of collections and anthologies, and a regular reviewer for various newspapers and journals, including the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the first specialist in American literature to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOwen Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Essex. He is the author of several articles on the novels of William Faulkner, and is editing \u003ci\u003eA Routledge Guide to Light in August\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently working on writing centred on New Orleans, and on reader-writer relations in African American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 June 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631224044\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e668\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e45.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384665174156,"sku":"9780631224044","price":196.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631224044.jpg?v=1780183608","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631224044","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}