A Companion to the Regional Literatures of America (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Crow, Charles L.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470999073
• Artikelnr.: 38207158

Autorenporträt

Charles L. Crow is Emeritus Professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He is co-editor of The Haunted Dusk: American Supernatural Fiction, 1820-1920 (1984) and The Occult in America: New Historical Perspectives (1983), and editor of American Gothic: An Anthology (Blackwell Publishing, 1999). He has been president of the Frank Norris Society, and a member of the executive council of the Western Literature Association.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Part I: History and Theory of Regionalism in the UnitedStates.

Part II: Mapping Regions.

Part III: Some Regionalist Masters.

Index

Rezensionen

"A Companion to the Regional Literatures of America isa significant achievement and could prove a powerful tool for thosewho wish to make considerations of space and place even morecentral to their disciplines." Jeremy Wells, WesternAmerican Literature

'In short, Charles L. Crow's volume is a must, an essentialpurchase.' Reference Reviews