Tell about the South : voices in black & white--the history of modern Southern literature /

pt. 1. (1915-1940): "Explores the literary careers of William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Thomas Wolfe, Jean Toomer, Margaret Mitchell, Erskine Caldwell, the Fugitive poets, the Blues poets and many more, in the context of the South's complex and rich storytelling tradition"--Contai...

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Corporate Author:	James Agee Film Project
Other Authors:	Spears, Ross, Dove, Rita
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville, VA : James Agee Film Project, [1999]
Subjects:	American literature > Southern States > History and criticism. American literature > 20th century > History. Authors, American > Southern States > Biography. Documentary films.

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Summary:	pt. 1. (1915-1940): "Explores the literary careers of William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Thomas Wolfe, Jean Toomer, Margaret Mitchell, Erskine Caldwell, the Fugitive poets, the Blues poets and many more, in the context of the South's complex and rich storytelling tradition"--Container. pt. 2. (1941-1962): "Explores the lives and works of Richard Wright, Eudora Welty, Robert Penn Warren, Ralph Ellison, Flannery O'Connor, Lillian Smith, William Faulkner and many more, in the context of the South's bi-racial culture and deep sense of Place"--Container. pt. 3. (1963-present): "Explores the lives and works of Walker Percy, William Styron, Ernest Gaines, Alice Walker, Reynolds Price, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Alex Haley, Clyde Edgerton, Albert Murray, Margaret Walker, George Garrett, Pat Conroy and Mary Lee Settle and many more, in the context of the rapidly changing post-Civil Rights Movement South"--Container.
Item Description:	Title from container. Documentary. Part one originally produced in 1996. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	3 videocassettes : sound, color and black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS format.
Production Credits:	Researcher/writer, Sylvia Kersusan ; cinematographers, Peter Hawkins, Neil Means ; editors, Ross Spears, Neil Means ; music, Kenton Coe.