A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South

From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this <i>Companion</i> is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South. <br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region<br /> </li> <li>Combines treatment of major literary works and historical events with a survey of broader themes, movements and issues<br /> </li> <li>Explores 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<br /> </li> <li>Co-edited by the esteemed scholar Richard Gray, author of the acclaimed volume, <i>A History of American Literature</i> (Blackwell, 2003)</li> </ul>