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Author:

Abernathy, Jeff, 1964-

Title:

To hell and back : race and betrayal in the southern novel / Jeff Abernathy.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xii, 225 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Twain, Mark,--1835-1910--Influence.
American fiction--Southern States--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
African Americans in literature
Race relations in literature.
Social ethics in literature.
Betrayal in literature.
Race in literature.
Southern States--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : crossroad blues -- A raft of hope : Mark Twain's southern strategy -- Dirty books for Yankees : William Faulkner and Elizabeth Spencer respond to southern unrest -- Divided hearts : Carson McCullers and Harper Lee explore racial uncertainty -- Passing through darkness : Sara Flanigan and Kaye Gibbons search for hope -- Absurdity : Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Alice Walker confront a mythology of race -- "Ain't no motif" : Padgett Powell, Ellen Douglas, and W. Glasgow Phillips narrate a postmodern South -- Coda : in a southern accent.

ISBN:

9780820325781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820325783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820324869 (alk. paper)
0820324868 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52047419

LCCN:

2003007992

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)