The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 9: Literature

Contents

General Introduction xiii Introduction xix literature 1 African American Literature 19 Agrarianism in Literature 26 Appalachian Literature 29 Autobiography and Memoir 34 Biography 39 Blues Literature 44 Civil Rights in Literature 52 Civil War in Literature 56 Detective Fiction 60 Folklore in Literature 64 Food in Literature 70 Fugitives and Agrarians 73 Gender and Sexuality in Literature 76 Globalization and Southern Literature 82 Humor 85 Indian Literature 92 Nature Writing and Writers 96 New Critics 101 North in Literature 104 Periodicals 107 Poetry 111 Popular Literature 117 Postcolonial Southern Literature 124 Postsouthern Literature 126 Publishing 131 Regionalism and Local Color 137 Religion and Literature 140 Southern Gothic 145 Theater, Early 151 Theater, Modern and Contemporary 154 Travel Writing 159 Agee, James 163 Aiken, Conrad 164 Allen, James Lane 166 Allison, Dorothy 167 Ammons, A. R. 168 Andrews, Raymond 170 Ansa, Tina McElroy 171 Applewhite, James 172 Armstrong, Anne Wetzell 174 Arnow, Harriette Simpson 175 Atkins, Ace 177 Baldacci, David 178 Barth, John 179 Barthelme, Frederick 181 Bass, Rick 182 Basso, Hamilton 183 Bausch, Richard 185 Bell, Madison Smartt 186 Berry, Wendell 187 Betts, Doris 189 Blotner, Joseph L. 190 Blount, Roy, Jr. 190 Bonner, Sherwood 191 Bontemps, Arna 193 Bradford, Roark 194 Bragg, Rick 195 Brickell, Henry Hershel 196 Brooks, Cleanth 197 contents Brown, Larry 198 Brown, Rita Mae 201 Brown, Sterling Allen 202 Brown, William Wells 204 Burke, James Lee 205 Byrd, William, II 206 Cabell, James Branch 208 Cable, George Washington 209 Caldwell, Erskine 211 Campbell, Will D. 213 Capote, Truman 215 Cash, W. J. 216 Chappell, Fred 217 Cherry, Kelly 218 Chesnut, Mary Boykin 220 Chesnutt, Charles W. 221 Chopin, Kate 222 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) 223 Cohn, David 226 Conroy, Pat 228 Crews, Harry 229 Crockett, David (Davy) 231 Crowley, Mart 232 Dargan, Olive Tilford 233 Davenport, Guy 235 Davidson, Donald 236 Deal, Borden 239 Dickey, James 240 Dixon, Thomas, Jr. 242 Douglas, Ellen 244 Douglass, Frederick 246 Dove, Rita 248 Du Bois, W. E. B. 249 Dykeman, Wilma 251 Edgerton, Clyde 252 Ellison, Ralph 253 Evans, Augusta Jane 254 Everett, Percival 256 Faulkner, William 257 Finney, Nikky 260 Fitzgerald, Zelda 261 Fletcher, John Gould 263 Foote, Horton 264 Foote, Shelby 265 Ford, Jesse Hill 267 Ford, Richard 268 Fox, John, Jr. 270 Fox, William Price 270 Franklin, John Hope 272 Franklin, Tom 273 Frazier, Charles 275 Gaines, Ernest J. 276 Gaither, Frances Ormond Jones 278 Garrett, George 279 Gautreaux, Tim 281 Gibbons, Kaye 282 Gilchrist, Ellen 284 Giovanni, Nikki 285 Glasgow, Ellen 287 Godwin, Gail 289 Gordon, Caroline 291 Grau, Shirley Ann 292 Green, Paul 293 Greene, Melissa Fay 294 Grimsley, Jim 295 Grisham, John 297 Grizzard, Lewis 298 Groom, Winston 299 Grooms, Anthony 300 Gurganus, Allan 302 Haley, Alex 303 Hannah, Barry 305 Hardwick, Elizabeth 307 Harington, Donald 308 Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins 310 Harris, George Washington 311 Harris, Joel Chandler 312 Harris, Thomas 313 Haxton, Brooks 315 Hellman, Lillian 316 Henley, Beth 317 Heyward, DuBose 319 Holland, Endesha Ida Mae 319 Holman, C. Hugh 321 Hood, Mary 322 Hooper, Johnson Jones 323 Hubbell, Jay Broadus 325 Humphreys, Josephine 326 Hurston, Zora Neale 327 Jackson, Blyden 329 Jarrell, Randall 329 Jefferson, Thomas 331 Johnson, James Weldon 332 Johnston, Mary 334 Jones, Madison 335 Kenan, Randall 336 Kennedy, John Pendleton 338 King, Florence 338 King, Grace 340 Kingsolver, Barbara 341 Knight, Etheridge 343 Komunyakaa, Yusef 344 Lanier, Sidney 345 Lee, Harper 347 Lewis, Henry Clay 348 Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin 350 Lumpkin, Grace 351 Lumpkin, Katherine Du Pre 351 Lytle, Andrew 352 Madden, David 354 Marion, Jeff Daniel 355 Marlette, Doug 357 Mason, Bobbie Ann 358 McCarthy, Cormac 360 McCorkle, Jill 361 McCullers, Carson 363 Mencken, H. L. 364 Miller, Jim Wayne 365 Milligan, Jason 367 Mitchell, Margaret 368 Moody, Anne 369 Morgan, Robert 370 Morris, Willie 371 Morrison, Toni 372 Murfree, Mary Noailles (Charles Egbert Craddock) 374 Murray, Albert 375 Newman, Frances 377 Nordan, Lewis 378 O’Connor, Flannery 379 Owen, Guy 381 Page, Thomas Nelson 382 Percy, Walker 383 Percy, William Alexander 385 Peterkin, Julia Mood 387 Phillips, Jayne Anne 388 Poe, Edgar Allan 389 Porter, Katherine Anne 391 Portis, Charles 392 Price, Reynolds 394 Randolph, Vance 395 Ransom, John Crowe 396 Rash, Ron 399 Ray, Janisse 400 Reed, Ishmael 402 Reed, John Shelton 403 Richard, Mark 404 Roberts, Elizabeth Madox 406 Rubin, Louis D., Jr. 407 Rutledge, Archibald Hamilton 408 Sanders, Dori 409 Scott, Evelyn 410 Seay, James 412...