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Critical Essays on the Writings of Lillian Smith (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,150
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Critical Essays on the Writings of Lillian Smith (Hardcover): Tanya Long Bennett

Critical Essays on the Writings of Lillian Smith (Hardcover)

Tanya Long Bennett

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As a white woman of means living in segregated Georgia in the first half of the twentieth century, Lillian Smith (1897-1966) surprised readers with stories of mixed-race love affairs, mob attacks on "outsiders," and young female campers exploring their sexuality. Critical Essays on the Writings of Lillian Smith tracks the evolution of Smith from a young girls' camp director into a courageous artist who could examine controversial topics frankly and critically while preserving a lifelong connection to the north Georgia mountains and people. She did not pull punches in her portrayals of the South and refused to obsess on an idealized past. Smith took seriously the artist's role as she saw it-to lead readers toward a better understanding of themselves and a more fulfilling existence. Smith's perspective cut straight to the core of the neurotic behaviors she observed and participated in. To draw readers into her exploration of those behaviors, she created compelling stories, using carefully chosen literary techniques in powerful ways. With words as her medium, she drew maps of her fictionalized southern places, revealing literally and metaphorically society's disfunctions. Through carefully crafted points of view, she offers readers an intimate glimpse into her own childhood as well as the psychological traumas that all southerners experience and help to perpetuate. Comprised of seven essays by contemporary Smith scholars, this volume explores these fascinating aspects of Smith's writings in an attempt to fill in the picture of this charismatic figure, whose work not only was influential in her time but also is profoundly relevant to ours. Contributions by Tanya Long Bennett, David Brauer, Cameron Williams Crawford, Emily Pierce Cummins, April Conley Kilinski, Justin Mellette, and Wendy Kurant Rollins.

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Imprint: University Press Of Mississippi
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2021
Editors: Tanya Long Bennett
Dimensions: 216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 978-1-4968-3684-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works
Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > History > History of other lands
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LSN: 1-4968-3684-7
Barcode: 9781496836847

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