Hugh Ruppersburg,John C. Inscoe's The New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion to Georgia Literature PDF

By Hugh Ruppersburg,John C. Inscoe

ISBN-10: 0820328766

ISBN-13: 9780820328768

Georgia has performed a formative position within the writing of the United States. Few states have produced a extra awesome array of literary figures, between them Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Toomer, and Alice Walker.

This quantity comprises biographical and significant discussions of Georgia writers from the 19th century to the current in addition to different details pertinent to Georgia literature. geared up in alphabetical order via writer, the entries speak about each one author's existence and paintings, contributions to Georgia historical past and tradition, and relevance to wider currents in neighborhood and nationwide literature. Lists of prompt readings complement so much entries.

Especially vital Georgia books have their very own entries: works of social value resembling Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit, foreign publishing sensations like Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, and crowning creative achievements together with Jean Toomer's Cane. The literary tradition of the country can be coated, with info at the Georgia Review and different journals; the Georgia middle for the ebook, which promotes authors and interpreting; and the Townsend Prize, given in attractiveness of the year's most sensible fiction. this can be an important quantity for readers who wish either to have a good time and examine extra approximately Georgia's literary heritage.

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