To hell and back
Subtitle: race and betrayal in the southern novel
By: Jeff Abernathy.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: 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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : crossroad blues; title: A raft of hope : Mark Twain's southern strategy; title: Dirty books for Yankees : William Faulkner and Elizabeth Spencer respond to southern unrest; title: Divided hearts : Carson McCullers and Harper Lee explore racial uncertainty; title: Passing through darkness : Sara Flanigan and Kaye Gibbons search for hope; title: Absurdity : Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Alice Walker confront a mythology of race; title: "Ain't no motif" : Padgett Powell, Ellen Douglas, and W. Glasgow Phillips narrate a postmodern South; title: Coda : in a southern accent.