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Author:

Hoefer, Anthony Dyer, 1978- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012029357

Title:

Apocalypse south : judgment, cataclysm, and resistance in the regional imaginary / Anthony Dyer Hoefer.

Publisher:

Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

viii, 188 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
Apocalypse in literature.
American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation.
Wright, Richard,--1908-1960--Criticism and interpretation.
Kenan, Randall--Criticism and interpretation.
Allison, Dorothy--Criticism and interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.

Contents:

Tracing the apocalyptic imaginary -- Southern Jeremiad, American Jeremiad : region, nation, and apocalypse in Faulkner's Light in August -- "Tearing down the temple" : prophetic time and Richard Wright's eschatology of resistance -- "Some say ain't no earthly explanation" : excavating the apocalyptic landscape of Randall Kenan's Tims creek -- "An't it time the Lord did something?" : vindication and the practices of place in Bastard out of Carolina -- Epilogue : Apocalypse south, redux : searching for meaning after the flood.

Series:

Literature, religion, and postsecular studies

ISBN:

0814293034
9780814293034
0814212018
9780814212011

OCLC:

(OCoLC)778857615

LCCN:

2012006529

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)