Southern Frontier Humor: An Anthology

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Southern Frontier Humor: An Anthology

If, as some suggest, American literature began with Huckleberry Finn, then the humorists of the Old South surely helped us to shape that literature. Twain himself learned to write by reading the humoristsâ€™ work, and later writers were influenced by it. This book marks the first new collection of humor from that region published in fifteen yearsâ€”and the first fresh selection of sketches and tales to appear in over forty years.
Thomas Inge and Ed Piacentino bring their knowledge of and fondness for this genre to a collection that reflects the considerable body of scholarship that has been published on its major figures and the place of the movement in American literary history. They breathe new life into the subject, gathering a new selection of texts and adding Twainâ€”the only major American author to contribute to and emerge from the movementâ€”as well as several recently identified humorists.
All of the major writers are represented, from Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to Thomas Bangs Thorpe, as well as a great many lesser-known figures like Hamilton C. Jones, Joseph M. Field, and John S. Robb. The anthology also includes several writers only recently discovered to be a part of the tradition, such as Joseph Gault, Christopher Mason Haile, James Edward Henry, and Marcus Lafayette Byrn, and features authors previously overlooked, such as William Gilmore Simms, Ham Jones, Orlando Benedict Mayer, and Adam Summer.
Selections are timely, reflecting recent trends in literary history and criticism sensitive to issues of gender, race, and ethnicity. The editors have also taken pains to seek out first printings to avoid the kinds of textual corruptions that often occur in later versions of these sketches. Southern Frontier Humor offers students and general readers alike a broad perspective and new appreciation of this singular form of writing from the Old Southâ€”and provides some chuckles along the way.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: University of Missouri
EAN	9780826218865
Edition	0
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0826218865
Label	University of Missouri
Manufacturer	University of Missouri
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	360
PublicationDate	2010-05-12
Publisher	University of Missouri
Studio	University of Missouri
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Southern Frontier Humor: An Anthology

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