Antebellum Writers In New York And The South


Antebellum Writers In New York And The South
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Dictionary Of Literary Biography


Dictionary Of Literary Biography
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978

Dictionary Of Literary Biography written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with American literature categories.




The Humor Of The Old South


The Humor Of The Old South
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Author : M. Thomas Inge
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-10-21

The Humor Of The Old South written by M. Thomas Inge and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-21 with Humor categories.


The humor of the Old South—tales, almanac entries, turf reports, historical sketches, gentlemen's essays on outdoor sports, profiles of local characters—flourished between 1830 and 1860. The genre's popularity and influence can be traced in the works of major southern writers such as William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, and Harry Crews, as well as in contemporary popular culture focusing on the rural South. This collection of essays includes some of the past twenty five years' best writing on the subject, as well as ten new works bringing fresh insights and original approaches to the subject. A number of the essays focus on well known humorists such as Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson Jones Hooper, William Tappan Thompson, and George Washington Harris, all of whom have long been recognized as key figures in Southwestern humor. Other chapters examine the origins of this early humor, in particular selected poems of William Henry Timrod and Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," which anticipate the subject matter, character types, structural elements, and motifs that would become part of the Southwestern tradition. Renditions of "Sleepy Hollow" were later echoed in sketches by William Tappan Thompson, Joseph Beckman Cobb, Orlando Benedict Mayer, Francis James Robinson, and William Gilmore Simms. Several essays also explore antebellum southern humor in the context of race and gender. This literary legacy left an indelible mark on the works of later writers such as Mark Twain and William Faulkner, whose works in a comic vein reflect affinities and connections to the rich lode of materials initially popularized by the Southwestern humorists.



The Enduring Legacy Of Old Southwest Humor


The Enduring Legacy Of Old Southwest Humor
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Author : Edward Piacentino
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2006-02-01

The Enduring Legacy Of Old Southwest Humor written by Edward Piacentino and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-01 with Literary Criticism categories.


The Old Southwest flourished between 1830 and 1860, but its brand of humor lives on in the writings of Mark Twain, the novels of William Faulkner, the television series The Beverly Hillbillies, the material of comedian Jeff Foxworthy, and even cyberspace, where nonsoutherners can come up to speed on subjects like hickphonics. The first book on its subject, The Enduring Legacy of Old Southwest Humor engages topics ranging from folklore to feminism to the Internet as it pays tribute to a distinctly American comic style that has continued to reinvent itself. The book begins by examining frontier southern humor as manifested in works of Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty, Woody Guthrie, Harry Crews, William Price Fox, Fred Chappell, Barry Hannah, Cormac McCarthy, and African American writers Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Ishmael Reed, and Yusef Komunyakaa. It then explores southwestern humor’s legacy in popular culture—including comic strips, comedians, and sitcoms—and on the Internet. Many of the trademark themes of modern and contemporary southern wit appeared in stories that circulated in the antebellum Southwest. Often taking the form of tall tales, those stories have served and continue to serve as rich, reusable material for southern writers and entertainers in the twentieth century and beyond. The Enduring Legacy of Old Southwest Humor is an innovative collaboration that delves into jokes about hunting, drinking, boasting, and gambling as it studies, among other things, the styles of comedians Andy Griffith, Dave Gardner, and Justin Wilson. It gives splendid demonstration that through the centuries southern humor has continued to be a powerful tool for disarming hypocrites and opening up sensitive issues for discussion.



Humor Of The Old Southwest


Humor Of The Old Southwest
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Author : Hennig Cohen
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 1994

Humor Of The Old Southwest written by Hennig Cohen and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Literary Collections categories.


One of the most entertaining genres of American literature is the bold, masculine, wildly exaggerated, and highly imaginative frontier humor of the Old Southwest, produced between 1835 and 1861 in an area that extended from Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia westward to Lousiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas. Hennig Cohen and William B. Dillingham have tapped the wealth of this region to produce a collection that over the last three decades has become the standard anthology of Old Southwestern humor. This new, extensively revised edition includes an expanded introduction, a dozen replacement sections, an updated bibliography, and works by three new writers--Phillip B. January, Matthew C. Field, and John Gorman Barr. Most generously represented are George Washington Harris, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson Jones Hooper, and Thomas Bangs Thorpe. Selections from twenty-five authors are featured along with brief biographical essays that combine historical and political analysis with perceptive literary criticism. These selections document important facets of antebellum American culture and provide the background of the literary achievement of Mark Twain and William Faulkner.



A Companion To The Regional Literatures Of America


A Companion To The Regional Literatures Of America
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Author : Charles L. Crow
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2003-07-09

A Companion To The Regional Literatures Of America written by Charles L. Crow and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-09 with Literary Criticism categories.


The Blackwell Companion to American Regional Literature is the most comprehensive resource yet published for study of this popular field. The most inclusive survey yet published of American regional literature. Represents a wide variety of theoretical and historical approaches. Surveys the literature of specific regions from California to New England and from Alaska to Hawaii. Discusses authors and groups who have been important in defining regional American literature.



Blood Irony


Blood Irony
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Author : Sarah E. Gardner
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2004

Blood Irony written by Sarah E. Gardner and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.


"Gardner's reading of a wide range of published and unpublished texts recovers a multifaceted vision of the South. For example, during the war, while its outcome was not yet a foregone conclusion, women's writings sometimes reflected loyalty and optimism; at other times, they revealed doubts and a wavering resolve. According to Gardner, it was only in the aftermath of defeat that a more unified vision of the southern cause emerged. By the beginning of the twentieth century, however, white women - who remained deeply loyal to their southern roots - were raising fundamental questions about the meaning of southern womanhood in the modern era."--BOOK JACKET.



A House Divided


A House Divided
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Author : Mason I. Lowance
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2003-01-26

A House Divided written by Mason I. Lowance and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-26 with History categories.


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Writers Of The American Renaissance


Writers Of The American Renaissance
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Author : Denise Knight
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2003-12-30

Writers Of The American Renaissance written by Denise Knight and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-30 with Literary Criticism categories.


The American literary canon has undergone revision and expansion in recent years, and our notions of the 19th-century renaissance have been reevaluated. Mainstream anthologies have been revised to reflect the expanding literary canon, yet resources for readers have remained widely scattered. This book expands earlier definitions of the 19th-century American Renaissance as represented by canonical writers such as Emerson and Poe, covering writers who published popular fiction and dominated the literary marketplace of the day. Included is generous coverage of women writers and writers of color. The volume provides alphabetically arranged entries for more than 70 writers of the period, including Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and many more. Each entry was written by an expert contributor and includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies.



Antebellum Writers In New York


Antebellum Writers In New York
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Author : Kent Ljungquist
language : en
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Release Date : 2002

Antebellum Writers In New York written by Kent Ljungquist and has been published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


Contains biographical sketches of authors who wrote or began writing their major works during the period 1820 to 1860. Represented are writers of short stories, juvenile literature, sermons, and popular literature, as well as novelists, poets, essayists, editors, humorists, translators, compilers, journalists, reformers, historians, abolitionists, and scientists.



Identifying The Image Of God


Identifying The Image Of God
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Author : Dan McKanan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-11-14

Identifying The Image Of God written by Dan McKanan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-14 with Religion categories.


Between 1820 and 1860, American social reformers invited all people to identify God's image in the victims of war, slavery, and addiction. Identifying the Image of God traces the theme of identification--and its liberal Christian roots--through the literature of social reform, focusing on sentimental novels, temperance tales, and slave narratives, and invites contemporary activists to revive the "politics of identification."