Critical essays on the writings of Lillian Smith /

As a white woman of means living in segregated Georgia in the first half of the twentieth century, Lillian Smith (1897-1966) surprised readers with stories of mixed-race love affairs, mob attacks on "outsiders," and young female campers exploring their sexuality. Critical Essays on the Wri...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bennett, Tanya Long (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021].
Subjects:	Smith, Lillian > (Lillian Eugenia), > 1897-1966 > Criticism and interpretation. American literature > Southern States > History and criticism. American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

Spanning bridges: an introduction / Tanya Long Bennett
Mind where you puts yo feet: a study of Southern boundaries in Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit / Tanya Long Bennett
Ghosts of our fathers: rewriting the South in Lillian Smith's Killers of the Dream / Justin Mellette
"The intricate weavings of unnumbered threads": personal and societal trauma in Lillian Smith's Killers of the Dream / Emily Pierce Cummins
Martha, Mary, and Susie: totalitarian political ideology and women in Lillian Smith's The Journey / Wendy Kurant Rollins
Reading One Hour in the time of #MeToo / Cameron Williams Crawford
Positive self-identity: neighborliness in Lillian Smith's Memory of a Large Christmas / April Conley Kilinski
Hatred and hope in the American South: rhetorical excavations in Lillian Smith's Our Faces, Our Words / David Brauer.