Inhabiting Contemporary Southern and Appalachian Literature: Region and Place in the Twenty-First Century

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Inhabiting Contemporary Southern and Appalachian Literature University Press of Florida Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers Florida International University, Miami Florida State University, Tallahassee New College of Florida, Sarasota University of Central Florida, Orlando University of Florida, Gainesville University of North Florida, Jacksonville University of South Florida, Tampa University of West Florida, Pensacola This page intentionally left blank Inhabiting Contemporary Southern and Appalachian Literature Region and Place in the Twenty-First Century Casey Clabough University Press of Florida Gainesville · Tallahassee · Tampa · Boca Raton Pensacola · Orlando · Miami · Jacksonville · Ft. Myers · Sarasota Copyright 2012 by Casey Clabough All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America. This book is printed on Glatfelter Natures Book, a paper certified under the standards of the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). It is a recycled stock that contains 30 percent post-consumer waste and is acid-free. This book may be available in an electronic edition. 17 16 15 14 13 12 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clabough, Casey Howard, 1974Inhabiting contemporary Southern and Appalachian literature : region and place in the twenty-first century / Casey Clabough. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8130-4173-5 (alk. paper) 1. American literature—Southern States—History and criticism. 2. American literature— Appalachian Region—History and criticism. I. Title. PS261.C49 2012 810.9'975—dc23 2012009810 University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com For the places There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed. John Lennon No one lives in the world in general. Clifford Geertz Most of the important things about the place of place in fiction have been said before and said by my betters. And so it is probably outrageous, bad form all around, to write about place again, to try to recapitulate the persuasive arguments so ably advanced that they are by now our unspoken assumptions, matters of faith and belief. Yet . . . George Garrett This page intentionally left blank ...