The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology

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For nearly four centuries the American South has been home to a vital literary tradition. The Literature of the American South reconsiders southern writing from its seventeenth-century origins to its flourishing present. Featuring the works of eighty-seven classic contemporary and newly recovered writers of all genrespoetry short fiction drama novels autobiography criticism sermons memoirs journals and lettersthis groundbreaking anthology sheds new light on the creative power of the southern imagination.