Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/003419966/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 39 of
39
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""Old-time religion" has been and still is a uniquely potent force in shaping the imaginations of southern fiction writers. A little more than a generation ago, Flannery O'Connor made a startling observation about herself and her fellow southerners: "By and large," she said, "people in the South still conceive of humanity in theological terms. While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. The Southerner who isn't convinced of it is very much afraid that he may have been formed in the image and likeness of God." Still earlier in the century H.L. Mencken wrote that the South consisted of a "cesspool of Baptists, a miasma of Methodists, snake charmers, phony real estate operators, and syphilitic evangelists." This book explores the roles that various strands of southern religion, most prominently Evangelical Protestantism (both black and white) and Catholicism, have played in shaping contemporary southern fiction. The Christ-Haunted Landscape collects works by twelve southerners living and working in the South - Larry Brown, Reynolds Price, Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, Clyde Edgerton, Harry Crews, Will Campbell, Doris Betts, Sheila Bosworth, Mary Ward Brown, Randall Kenan, and Sandra Hollin blowers. Susan Ketchin has included a descriptive profile and an original interview with each author, critical commentaries on each author's works as a whole, and representative fiction (short story or excerpt from a novel). Her introduction discusses the religious and cultural forces that have impact on today's imaginative writers whose fiction is enhanced by the legacy of Faulkner, O'Connor, and Percy.".
- catalog contributor b4961635.
- catalog coverage "Southern States Church history 20th century.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""Old-time religion" has been and still is a uniquely potent force in shaping the imaginations of southern fiction writers. A little more than a generation ago, Flannery O'Connor made a startling observation about herself and her fellow southerners: "By and large," she said, "people in the South still conceive of humanity in theological terms. While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. The Southerner who isn't convinced of it is very much afraid that he may have been formed in the image and likeness of God." Still earlier in the century H.L. Mencken wrote that the South consisted of a "cesspool of Baptists, a miasma of Methodists, snake charmers, phony real estate operators, and syphilitic evangelists."".
- catalog description "1. Lee Smith. God Not Only Speaks But Sings. "Tongues of Fire" Interview -- 2. Reynolds Price. Saintly Outlaws. "Full Day" Interview -- 3. Larry Brown. Proceeding Out from Calamity. "A Roadside Resurrection" Interview -- 4. Sheila Bosworth. On Being Southern, Catholic, and Female. From Slow Poison. Interview -- 5. Sandra Hollin Flowers. Something's Got a Hold on Me. "Hope of Zion" Interview -- 6. Will Campbell. Mississippi Madness, Mississippi Magic. From Cecelia's Sin. Interview -- 7. Doris Betts. Resting on the Bedrock of Original Sin. "This Is the Only Time I'll Tell It" Interview -- 8. Randall Kenan. Ancient Spells and Incantations. "The Strange and Tragic Ballad of Mabel Pearsall" Interview -- 9. Mary Ward Brown. Celebrating the True and Lively Word. "A New Life" Interview -- 10. Harry Crews. The Writer as Shaman. From Scar Lover. Interview -- 11. Clyde Edgerton. A Garden of Paradoxes. From Raney. Interview -- 12. Allan Gurganus. When I'm Fog on a Coffin Lid. "It Had Wings."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "This book explores the roles that various strands of southern religion, most prominently Evangelical Protestantism (both black and white) and Catholicism, have played in shaping contemporary southern fiction. The Christ-Haunted Landscape collects works by twelve southerners living and working in the South - Larry Brown, Reynolds Price, Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, Clyde Edgerton, Harry Crews, Will Campbell, Doris Betts, Sheila Bosworth, Mary Ward Brown, Randall Kenan, and Sandra Hollin blowers. Susan Ketchin has included a descriptive profile and an original interview with each author, critical commentaries on each author's works as a whole, and representative fiction (short story or excerpt from a novel). Her introduction discusses the religious and cultural forces that have impact on today's imaginative writers whose fiction is enhanced by the legacy of Faulkner, O'Connor, and Percy.".
- catalog extent "xix, 407 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Christ-haunted landscape.".
- catalog identifier "0878056696".
- catalog identifier "087805670X (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Christ-haunted landscape.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
- catalog relation "Christ-haunted landscape.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Church history 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States".
- catalog spatial "Southern States.".
- catalog subject "813/.5409382 20".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American fiction Christian authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American fiction Southern States History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Belief and doubt in literature.".
- catalog subject "Christian fiction, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Christianity Southern States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature Southern States.".
- catalog subject "Faith in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS261 .C47 1994".
- catalog subject "Religion and literature Southern States.".
- catalog subject "Religion and literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Lee Smith. God Not Only Speaks But Sings. "Tongues of Fire" Interview -- 2. Reynolds Price. Saintly Outlaws. "Full Day" Interview -- 3. Larry Brown. Proceeding Out from Calamity. "A Roadside Resurrection" Interview -- 4. Sheila Bosworth. On Being Southern, Catholic, and Female. From Slow Poison. Interview -- 5. Sandra Hollin Flowers. Something's Got a Hold on Me. "Hope of Zion" Interview -- 6. Will Campbell. Mississippi Madness, Mississippi Magic. From Cecelia's Sin. Interview -- 7. Doris Betts. Resting on the Bedrock of Original Sin. "This Is the Only Time I'll Tell It" Interview -- 8. Randall Kenan. Ancient Spells and Incantations. "The Strange and Tragic Ballad of Mabel Pearsall" Interview -- 9. Mary Ward Brown. Celebrating the True and Lively Word. "A New Life" Interview -- 10. Harry Crews. The Writer as Shaman. From Scar Lover. Interview -- 11. Clyde Edgerton. A Garden of Paradoxes. From Raney. Interview -- 12. Allan Gurganus. When I'm Fog on a Coffin Lid. "It Had Wings."".
- catalog title "The Christ-haunted landscape : faith and doubt in southern fiction / edited by Susan Ketchin.".
- catalog type "text".