A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South

From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music toSouthern sport, this Companion is the definitive guide tothe literature and culture of the American South. * * Includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society,history, and politics in the region * Combines treatment of major literary works and historicalevents with a survey of broader themes, movements and issues * Explores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, WilliamFaulkner, Zora Neale Huston, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, aswell as those - black and white, male and female - who are writingnow * Co-edited by the esteemed scholar Richard Gray, author of theacclaimed volume, A History of American Literature(Blackwell, 2003)