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Jacksonville Free Press
“Some of the most significant essays on the humor of the Old South written in the last twenty-five years.”
Book Description
The humor of the Old South-tales, almanac entries, turf reports, historical sketches, gentlemen's essays on outdoor sports, profiles of local characters-flourished between 1830 and 1860. The genre's popularity and influence can be traced in the works of William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, and Harry Crews, as well as in Al Capp's Li'l Abner comic strip, the stand-up comedy of Jerry Clower and Jeff Foxworthy, and The Beverly Hillbillies.
This collection of essays includes some of the most significant writing on the topic to have appeared over the past twenty-five years, much of it revised and updated, as well as newly commissioned articles that bring fresh insights and employ new approaches to the subject.
“Forward-looking and intelligent. Rather than accepting the genre as an effusion of the region, the essays approach the materials as literary evocations of social and civil life.”-David E. E. Sloane, Executive Director of the American Humor Studies Association
The Humor of the Old South
The Humor of the Old South,M. Thomas Inge,Edward J. Piacentino,University Press of Kentucky,0813121949,19th century,American Essays,American wit and humor,Essays,General,History and criticism,Humor,Literary Collections,Literature: Classics,Satire And Humor,Southern States,Southwest, Old
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