Where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog : on writers and writing / Louis D. Rubin, Jr.

Author/creator Rubin, Louis D.
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Authorship.
American literature--Southern States. --History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.
Southern States--Intellectual life.
Southern States--In literature.

Contents The ordeal of unconstant moose -- On the literary uses of memory -- Where the Southern cross the Yellow dog : a time, a place, a painting -- Thoughts on fictional places -- Questions of intent : some thoughts on author-ship -- Bloom's leap : or, how firm a foundation -- What are all those writers doing on campus? -- The progress of poetry : or, a funny thing happened on the way to the bookstore -- Slugging it out with dempsey and others -- Polemical coda : our absolutely deplorable literary situation, and some thoughts on how to fix it good.
Abstract "Examines the problems facing the American literary scene, including creative writing programs, sports writing, Southern literature, publishing, and poetry, with references to William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, James Joyce, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain, Joyce Carol Oates, T. S. Eliot, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Herman Melville, and Ernest Hemingway"--Provided by publisher.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005013944
ISBN0826216080 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780826216083

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS3568.U26 W47 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold