Six Poets from the Mountain South: Sherman's Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns Contributor(s): Lang, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807135607 ISBN-13: 9780807135600 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.540 |
LCCN: 2009027449 |
Series: Southern Literary Studies (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.05 lbs) 222 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the most extensive work to date on major poets from the mountain South, John Lang takes as his point of departure an oft-quoted remark by Jim Wayne Miller: Appalachian literature is -- and has always been -- as decidedly worldly, secular, and profane in its outlook as the [region's] traditional religion appears to be spiritual and otherworldly. Although this statement may be accurate for Miller's own poetry and fiction, Lang maintains that it does not do justice to the pervasive religious and spiritual concerns of many of the mountain South's finest writers, including the five other leading poets whose work he analyzes along with Miller's. |