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Remapping Southern Literature Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.

Remapping Southern Literature By Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.

Remapping Southern Literature by Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.


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Challenges the definitions of southern fiction and regional identity while reconfiguring the myths of the West that have shaped American life. This book points toward a literary tradition and a regional and national mythology that blends place and space, settlement and movement, community and individualism, security and freedom.

Remapping Southern Literature Summary

Remapping Southern Literature: Contemporary Southern Writers and the West by Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.

Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr. studies current southern authors of western novels, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction who have been breaking the mold of southern literature by looking westward. The rich and diverse texts he examines challenge long-standing definitions of southern fiction and regional identity while reconfiguring the myths of the West that have long shaped American life. This effort points toward a new literary tradition and a new regional and national mythology that blends place and space, settlement and movement, community and individualism, security and freedom.

Remapping Southern Literature Reviews

[A] fresh dimension to the study of southern values and literature. - Southern Literary Journal Well-written and accessible... Shows the importance of rethinking the significance of regionalism today. - Mississippi Quarterly

About Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.

Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr. is professor and chair of the Department of English at the University of Arkansas. His books include Katherine Anne Porter's Artistic Development.

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NLS9780820329970
9780820329970
0820329975
Remapping Southern Literature: Contemporary Southern Writers and the West by Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.
New
Paperback
University of Georgia Press
2007-11-30
152
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