{"product_id":"the-new-encyclopedia-of-southern-culture-volume-9-literature","title":"The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 9: Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eOffering a comprehensive view of the Souths literary landscape  past and present  this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture celebrates the regions ever-flourishing literary culture and recognizes the ongoing evolution of the southern literary canon. As new writers draw upon and reshape previous traditions  southern literature has broadened and deepened its connections not just to the American literary mainstream but also to world literatures  a development thoughtfully explored in the essays here.  Greatly expanding the content of the literature section in the original Encyclopedia  this volume includes 31 thematic essays addressing major genres of literature; theoretical categories  such as regionalism  the southern gothic  and agrarianism; and themes in southern writing  such as food  religion  and sexuality. Most striking is the fivefold increase in the number of biographical entries  which introduce southern novelists  playwrights  poets  and critics. Special attention is given to contemporary writers and other individuals who have not been widely covered in previous scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945487036469,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807858757","price":34.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807858752.jpg?v=1769890611","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-new-encyclopedia-of-southern-culture-volume-9-literature","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}