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The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists
Contributor(s): Ferris, William (Author)

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 ISBN: 1469607549     ISBN-13: 9781469607542
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
- Art | Criticism & Theory
Dewey: 810.809
LCCN: 2013010406
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 8.37" W x 9.73" L (2.26 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/22/2013
Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 79
Shelf Awareness 11/29/2013
Choice 04/01/2014
 
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Publisher Description:
The Storied South features the voices--by turn searching and honest, coy and scathing--of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward. Masterfully drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by renowned folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years, the book reveals how storytelling is viscerally tied to southern identity and how the work of these southern or southern-inspired creators has shaped the way Americans think and talk about the South.
The Storied South offers a unique, intimate opportunity to sit at the table with these men and women and learn how they worked and how they perceived their art. The volume also features 45 of Ferris's striking photographic portraits of the speakers and a CD and a DVD of original audio and films of the interviews.


Contributor Bio(s): Ferris, William: - William Ferris is Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History and senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ferris is author of Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues, among other books, and coeditor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
 
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