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place, people, and poverty in contemporary literature from the Mountain State
This book discusses the literary works of several West Virginia writers and how their fiction, characters and novel settings reflect the values of this distinctively Appalachian state. Creasman also discusses varying gender roles and working class West Virginians in fiction by writers such as Breece and Ann Pancake, Benedict, McKinney, Settle and Giardina, among others, and how these roles are often reflected in literature from West Virginia's writing community.
Introduction. Three themes and three types of transcendence -- Davis Grubb's The night of the hunter -- Mary Lee Settle's Beulah quintet -- Breece Pancake's short fiction -- Denise Giardina's Storming heaven -- Irene McKinney's Vivid companion -- Ann Pancake's Strange as this weather has been -- Jayne Anne Phillips's Lark and termite -- Pinckney Benedict's Miracle boy and other stories -- Afterword.
Includes bibliographical references and index.