The Storied South

2013-08-05 Literary Criticism

Author : William Ferris
Release : 2013-08-05
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 557/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Storied South by : William Ferris

Download or read book The Storied South written by William Ferris. This book was released on 2013-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Storied South features the voices--by turn searching and honest, coy and scathing--of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward. Masterfully drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by renowned folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years, the book reveals how storytelling is viscerally tied to southern identity and how the work of these southern or southern-inspired creators has shaped the way Americans think and talk about the South. The Storied South offers a unique, intimate opportunity to sit at the table with these men and women and learn how they worked and how they perceived their art. The volume also features 45 of Ferris's striking photographic portraits of the speakers and a CD and a DVD of original audio and films of the interviews.

The Storied South

2013 History

Author : William R. Ferris
Release : 2013
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 485/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Storied South written by William R. Ferris. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Features the voices ... of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward ... drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years"--Dust jacket flap.

Stories of the South

2014 History

Author : K. Stephen Prince
Release : 2014
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 189/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Stories of the South written by K. Stephen Prince. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the North assumed significant power to redefine the South, imagining a region rebuilt and modeled on northern society. The white South actively resisted these efforts, battling the legal strictures of Reconstruction on the ground. Meanwhile, white southern storytellers worked to recast the South's image, romanticizing the Lost Cause and heralding the birth of a New South. Prince argues that this cultural production was as important as political competition and economic striving in turning the South and the nation away from the egalitarian promises of Reconstruction and toward Jim Crow.

Best of the South

2005-01-01 Fiction

Author : Anne Tyler
Release : 2005-01-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 707/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Best of the South written by Anne Tyler. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Southern literature features twenty stories written from 1996 to 2005 by both famous and first-time writers, including Lee Smith, Max Steele, Gregory Sanders, Stephanie Soileau, and many more, accompanied by incisive introductions by editor Anne Tyler. Original.

The Deepest South of All

2021-08-31 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Richard Grant
Release : 2021-08-31
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 842/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Deepest South of All written by Richard Grant. This book was released on 2021-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum mansions in the South, and a culture full of unexpected contradictions. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez is also progressive enough to elect a gay black man for mayor with 91 percent of the vote"--

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