The Humor of the Old South
- List Price: $40.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
- Publish date: 07/01/2001
Description:
The humor of the Old South -- tales, almanac entries, turf reports, historical sketches, gentlemen's essays on out-door 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.
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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.
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