A History of Virginia Literature
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- Editor: Kevin J. Hayes
- Date Published: May 2015
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107057777
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A History of Virginian Literature chronicles a story that has been more than four hundred years in the making. It looks at the development of literary culture in Virginia from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the twenty-first century. Divided into four main parts, this History examines the literature of colonial Virginia, Jeffersonian Virginia, Civil War Virginia, and modern Virginia. Individual chapters survey such literary genres as diaries, histories, letters, novels, poetry, political writings, promotion literature, science fiction, and slave narratives. Leading scholars also devote special attention to several major authors, including William Byrd of Westover, Thomas Jefferson, Ellen Glasgow, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Styron. This book is of pivotal importance to the development of American literature and of American studies more generally.
Read more- The first collaborative literary history of Virginia
- Contains exciting new information about the development of Virginian literature
- Forms a contribution to the study of canon formation and the study of the interrelationship between literature, history, and culture
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'… a worthwhile contribution and resource, inviting readers to explore a new a terrain that, after all, has tended to be overshadowed by the Northeast in American literary accountings. … The book will prove useful to scholars of American literature, history, and American Studies, although it could also appeal to interested general readers.' Judith A. Richardson, Notes & Queries
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- Date Published: May 2015
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107057777
- length: 432 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 162 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.77kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. The literary culture of Jamestown Karen Schramm
2. Colonial historians Jon Kukla
3. William Byrd of Westover Stephen C. Ausband
4. Colonial Virginian verse Nanette C. Tamer
5. The establishment of the printing press A. Franklin Parks
6. The literature of the revolution Brian Steele
7. Letter writing in eighteenth-century Virginia Elizabeth Hewitt
8. Thomas Jefferson Jason Robles
9. Notes on the State of Virginia Kevin J. Hayes
10. John Page and his circle Kevin J. Hayes
11. Travels, history, and biography Kevin J. Hayes
12. Romantic verse Russell Brickery
13. Edgar Allan Poe and the art of fiction Paul Christian Jones
14. Virginia novel John L. Hare
15. The Southern Literary Messenger Christine Modey
16. The literature of slavery Robyn McGee
17. Civil war diaries and reminiscences David Anderson
18. Post-romantic poetry Lauren Rule Maxwell
19. Virginia folklore Ted Olson
20. The Virginia novel II Gwendolyn Jones Harold
21. Ellen Glasgow Susan Goodman
22. Virginia writers project Tom Barden
23. Science fiction and fantasy John D. Miles
24. William Styron James L. W. West, III
25. Virginians at a distance: Willa Cather and Tom Wolfe Adam N. Jabbur
26. Modern poetry Chris Beyers.
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