Apocalypse south : judgment, cataclysm, and resistance in the regional imaginary Anthony Dyer Hoefer.
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TextSeries: Literature, religion, and postsecular studiesPublication details: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2012.Description: viii, 188 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780814212011
- 0814212018
- 9780814293034
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Kenan, Randall -- Criticism and interpretation
- Allison, Dorothy -- Criticism and interpretation
- Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism
- Apocalypse in literature
- American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism
- PS 374.A6 H6 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.
Tracing the apocalyptic imaginary -- Southern Jeremiad, American Jeremiad : region, nation, and apocalypse in Faulkner's Light in August -- "Tearing down the temple" : prophetic time and Richard Wright's eschatology of resistance -- "Some say ain't no earthly explanation" : excavating the apocalyptic landscape of Randall Kenan's Tims creek -- "An't it time the Lord did something?" : vindication and the practices of place in Bastard out of Carolina -- Epilogue : Apocalypse south, redux : searching for meaning after the flood.
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