Stories of the Modern South: Revised Edition

By: Various

Book Overview

Some of the greatest storytellers of our time chronicle twentieth-century southern life. Rich in irony, sly humor, and vivid, dramatic imagery, the literature of the modern South is a vital amalgam of a once-rural society's storytelling tradition and the painful contradictions and cultural clashes brought about by rapid change. The stories in this collection are as diverse as the region itself, yet they are all connected by a shared history and a uniquely southern strain of American language and narrative. Contributors include Truman Capote, William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, Alice Walker, Eudora Welty, and Tennessee Williams.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014024705X
• ISBN13: 9780140247053
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

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a wonderful collection of stories that shows southern culture with honesty and, at the same time, a delicate sentimentality.

Southern Hospitality

Turkle meat, sugar tits, hot, angry summers and bitter moonlight, just good, country people. This is the modern south. These tales by authors such as Flannery O'connor, Breece D'J Pancake, Fred Chappell, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Anne Tyler, to name only a few, will touch your heart and soul forever. From the coming of age "Trilobites" to the existential "Over the Hill" to the political and racially tense "The Sky is Gray," the stories of the modern south will entertain and educate anyone who is in any way touched by the sense of place and time. Educators, scholars, and pleasure-readers alike will find this book thought provoking, scholarly, and inspiring.