Fetching the Old Southwest : humorous writing from Longstreet to Twain / James H. Justus.
Justus, James H.
2004
PS437 .J87 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
Fetching the Old Southwest : humorous writing from Longstreet to Twain / James H. Justus.
Author
Justus, James H.
ISBN
0826215440 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2004.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 591 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
PS437 .J87 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
641.5976
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 575-578) and index.
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Introduction
pt. 1. Mythmakers and revisionists: The myth of the ruined homeland. Southwest humor and the cordon sanitaire
pt. 2. The world the humorists found: Migrating for fun and profit. Creation states and how they are used up. Fetching Arkansas. Southwest humor and the other. Scenes in course and field. River culture
pt. 3. The world the humorists made: Authorship and amateurism. The languages of Southwest humor. Narrators and storytellers. Droll specimens and comfortable types. The yokel as social critic. Making game with Simon Suggs. The world according to Sut
Afterword.

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