Randy Mackin

George Scarbrough, Appalachian Poet

A Biographical and Literary Study with Unpublished Writings

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Produktbeschreibung

A writer's writer, East Tennessee poet and novelist George Scarbrough enjoyed a career that spanned eight decades and included numerous awards. This biography makes use of Scarbrough's personal journals to tie his literature to his life and presents previously unpublished poetry, letters, and prose pieces. Somewhat overlooked during his lifetime, he is, as this book demonstrates, among the best poets of the 20th century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780786463718
• ISBN-10: 0786463716
• Artikelnr.: 32739800

Autorenporträt

Randy Mackin teaches writing and literature, and directs the Tennessee Literary Project, at Middle Tennessee State University. Editor of the weekly Buffalo River Review in Linden, Tennessee, he is a four-time Meeman Foundation Award winner for editorial writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
Part I-Walking the Paths of His Own Premise: The Life and Literature of
George Scarbrough
One: Biography     
Two: Family     
Three: Songs of Defiance to Death     
Four: A Small, Comfortable World     
Five: The Novel     
Six: Holding Han-Shan's Hand     
Seven: Myth and Metaphor Out of the Way     
Eight: Scarbrough's Critics     
Part II: Selected Unpublished Poems, Letters and Conversations
Nine: A Selection of Previously Unpublished Verse and "Good Friday, New
Mexico, 1955"     
Ten: A Selection of Scarbrough's Letters     
Eleven: A Selection of Letters to Scarbrough     
Twelve: "Something of a Bio and an Itinerary" (by George Scarbrough)     
Thirteen: An Interview     
Appendix: Publications and Awards     
Bibliography     
Index