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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press
ISBN-100820316059
ISBN-139780820316055
eBay Product ID (ePID)498442
Product Key Features
Edition3
Book TitleHumor of the Old Southwest
Number of Pages536 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1994
TopicAmerican / General, Humorous / General
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorWilliam B. Dillingham
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight26.8 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN93-011281
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal817.3082
Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition
SynopsisOne of the most entertaining genres of American literature is the bold, masculine, wildly exaggerated, and highly imaginative frontier humor of the Old Southwest, produced between 1835 and 1861 in an area that extended from Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia westward to Lousiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas. Hennig Cohen and William B. Dillingham have tapped the wealth of this region to produce a collection that over the last three decades has become the standard anthology of Old Southwestern humor. This new, extensively revised edition includes an expanded introduction, a dozen replacement sections, an updated bibliography, and works by three new writers--Phillip B. January, Matthew C. Field, and John Gorman Barr. Most generously represented are George Washington Harris, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson Jones Hooper, and Thomas Bangs Thorpe. Selections from twenty-five authors are featured along with brief biographical essays that combine historical and political analysis with perceptive literary criticism. These selections document important facets of antebellum American culture and provide the background of the literary achievement of Mark Twain and William Faulkner., One of the most entertaining genres of American literature is the bold, masculine, wildly exaggerated, and highly imaginative frontier humor of the Old Southwest, produced between 1835 and 1861. Cohen and Dillingham have tapped the wealth of this region to produce a collection that has become the standard anthology of Old Southwestern humor.
