Title Apocalypse south : judgment, cataclysm, and resistance in the regional imaginary / Anthony Dyer Hoefer

Published Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2012] ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages) Series Literature, religion, and postsecular studies Literature, religion, and postsecular studies. Contents 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 Summary "Apocalypse South rectifies the omissions in existing scholarship by interrogating the role of apocalyptic discourse in selected works of fiction by four southern writers--William Faulkner, Richard Wright, Randall Kenan, and Dorothy Allison. In doing so, it reinvigorates discussions of religion in southern literary scholarship and introduces a new element in the ongoing investigation into how regional identities function in notions of national mission and American exceptionalism. Engaging concerns of religion, race, sexuality, and community in fiction from the 1930s to the present, Apocalypse South offers a new conceptual framework for considering what has long been considered "southern Gothic literature"--A framework less concerned with the conventions of a particular literary genre than with the ways in which literature exposes and even tries to make sense of the contradictions within cultures"--publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index Notes Print version record Subject Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Light in August. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Uncle Tom's children Kenan, Randall. Tims Creek Allison, Dorothy, 1949- Bastard out of Carolina Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation Kenan, Randall -- Criticism and interpretation Allison, Dorothy, 1949- -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Allison, Dorothy -- Criticism and interpretation Kenan, Randall -- Criticism and interpretation Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation Allison, Dorothy, 1949- fast Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 fast Kenan, Randall fast Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 fast Light in August (Faulkner, William) fast Bastard out of Carolina (Allison, Dorothy) fast Subject American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism American fiction -- Southern States -- History and criticism Apocalypse in literature. Religion in literature. Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. Religion in literature Literature American fiction American literature Apocalypse in literature Apocalyptic literature SUBJECT Southern States -- In literature Subject Southern States Genre/Form Literary criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book ISBN 0814270344 0814293034 9780814293034 9780814270349

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