Writing West Virginia : Place, People, and Poverty in Contemporary Literature from the Mountain State /

"This manuscript discusses the literary works of several West Virginia writers and how their fiction, characters, and novel settings reflect the values of this distinctively Appalachian state. Creasman also discusses varying gender roles and working class West Virginians in fiction by writers s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Creasman, Boyd C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Working class in literature.
Women and literature.
Social values in literature.
Social role in literature.
Literature.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature.
Valeurs sociales dans la litterature.
Travailleurs dans la litterature.
Femmes et litterature > Virginie-Occidentale.
Écrits de femmes americains > Histoire et critique.
Women and literature > West Virginia.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > West Virginia > History and criticism.
West Virginia.
Appalachian Region.
Virginie-Occidentale > Dans la litterature.
West Virginia > In literature.
Appalachian Region > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This manuscript discusses the literary works of several West Virginia writers and how their fiction, characters, and novel settings reflect the values of this distinctively Appalachian state. Creasman also discusses varying gender roles and working class West Virginians in fiction by writers such as Breece and Ann Pancake, Benedict, McKinney, Settle, and Giardina, among others, and how these roles are often reflected in literature from West Virginia's writing community"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781621901853

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