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Southern Writer in the Postmodern World (Lamar Memorial Lectures)
Fred Hobson
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Hardcover. Examination of some prominent recent figures in Southern fiction. Hobson focuses on the differing ways in which such writers as Bobbie Ann Mason, Lee Smith and Barry Hannah have responded to the influences of commercial culture, such as television, rock music and theme parks. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
In this study, Fred Hobson offers an examination of some of the prominent new figures in Southern fiction. While he discovers no shortage of talent, he does find conflicting attitudes toward the South and the contemporary world. Especially concerned with the relationship of these new writers to their literary predecessors, he traces the continuity - or lack of continuity - of certain attitutes, fictional approaches, and even values that informed Southern writing during its earlier flowering in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Looking at novels by Bobbie Ann Mason, Lee Smith, and Barry Hannah, Hobson focuses chiefly on the differing ... Read more
In this study, Fred Hobson offers an examination of some of the prominent new figures in Southern fiction. While he discovers no shortage of talent, he does find conflicting attitudes toward the South and the contemporary world. Especially concerned with the relationship of these new writers to their literary predecessors, he traces the continuity - or lack of continuity - of certain attitutes, fictional approaches, and even values that informed Southern writing during its earlier flowering in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Looking at novels by Bobbie Ann Mason, Lee Smith, and Barry Hannah, Hobson focuses chiefly on the differing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820312750
SKU
V9780820312750
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