To hell and back : race and betrayal in the southern novel

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

Author/creator	Abernathy, Jeff, 1964-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2003.
Description	xii, 225 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	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.

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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-216) and index.
LCCN	2003007992
ISBN	0820324868 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820325783 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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