To hell and back : race and betrayal in the southern novel / Jeff Abernathy.

Contents Introduction : crossroad blues -- A raft of hope : Mark Twain's southern strategy -- Dirty books for Yankees : William Faulkner and Elizabeth Spencer respond to southern unrest -- Divided hearts : Carson McCullers and Harper Lee explore racial uncertainty -- Passing through darkness : Sara Flanigan and Kaye Gibbons search for hope -- Beautiful absurdity : Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Alice Walker confront a mythology of race -- "Ain't no motif" : Padgett Powell, Ellen Douglas, and W. Glasgow Phillips narrate a postmodern South -- Coda : in a southern accent.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-216) and index.
LCCN 2003007992
ISBN0820324868 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0820325783 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS261 .A38 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold