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Songs of the New South - Writing Contemporary Louisiana (Hardcover, Annotated edition) Loot Price: R2,781
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Songs of the New South - Writing Contemporary Louisiana (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Suzanne Disheroon Green, Lisa Abney

Songs of the New South - Writing Contemporary Louisiana (Hardcover, Annotated edition)

Suzanne Disheroon Green, Lisa Abney

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The works of Louisiana authors differ from the works of other Southern writers in significant ways. Strong French, Spanish, Native American, and African American traditions shaped Louisiana culture, and Louisiana writers reflect that cultural diversity in their works. So too, historical and religious influences caused Louisiana to develop in a distinct way, and these influences have similarly affected Louisiana writers. The narrative styles employed by these writers generally differ from the styles of other Southern authors. While contemporary Louisiana writers have contributed a substantial body of work to Southern literature, their writings have not received adequate scholarly attention. This book provides a critical introduction to Louisiana literature and gives special attention to how Louisiana literature and culture depart from the rest of the South.

The volume is the first collection of scholarly studies focusing on Louisiana writers from the 1930s to the present. Drawing together discussions of 15 of Louisiana's current premier fiction writers, the collection is organized into three broad sections. The first examines Louisiana narratives and folk traditions; the second, influences of religious traditions on Louisiana writers, including Protestantism, Catholicism, and Paganism; and the third, the construction of gender and race in Louisiana culture. Included are discussions of such writers as Ernest J. Gaines, Anne Rice, James Lee Burke, Moira Crone, John Dufresne, Michael Lee West, Rebecca Wells, and Robert Olin Butler.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2001
First published: March 2001
Editors: Suzanne Disheroon Green • Lisa Abney
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Edition: Annotated edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31366-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
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LSN: 0-313-31366-0
Barcode: 9780313313660

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