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The story of a nearly forgotten lawyer fighting for justice Raymond Pace Alexander (1897-1974) was a prominent black attorney in Philadelphia and a distinguished member of the National Bar...

Absalom, Absalom! has long been regarded as one of William Faulkner's most difficult, dense, and multilayered novels. It is, on one level, the story of Thomas Sutpen, an enigmatic stranger who came...

No other novel by William Faulkner has experienced the kind of dramatic critical re-evaluation that "Sanctuary" has received. Published in 1931, it seemed to many readers and critics in the thirties...

A glossary that will lead readers through the complexities of one of William Faulkner's most fascinating books. For some The Unvanquished has proven to be the starting point for reading Faulkner. Its...

Contributions by Sara Austin, Robert Bittner, J. Bradley Blankenship, Gabriel Duckels, Caitlin Howlett, Isabel Mill?n, Jennifer Miller, Kaylee Jangula Mootz, Tim Morris, Dana Rudolph, j wallace...

Contributions by Sara Austin, Robert Bittner, J. Bradley Blankenship, Gabriel Duckels, Caitlin Howlett, Isabel Mill?n, Jennifer Miller, Kaylee Jangula Mootz, Tim Morris, Dana Rudolph, j wallace...

By examining the novels of critically and commercially successful authors such as Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You), Stephenie Meyer (the Twilight series), and Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak), Reading...

By examining the novels of critically and commercially successful authors such as Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You), Stephenie Meyer (the Twilight series), and Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak), Reading...

Realism for the Masses is an exploration of how the concept of realism entered mass culture, and from there, how it tried to remake "America." The literary and artistic creations of American realism...

A wealth of texts of British and Anglo/North American folksong has long been accessible in both published and archival sources. For two centuries these texts have energized scholarship. Yet in the...

Winner of the Opie Prize from the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society As children wrestle with culture through their games, recess itself has become a battleground for the...

Winner of the Opie Prize from the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society As children wrestle with culture through their games, recess itself has become a battleground for the...

As a reaction against persistent Black exclusion from white American society, the novels of recent African American writers boldly celebrate the heritage of Black culture. They acclaim a people once...

With contributions by Prosper Godonoo, Urla Hill, C. Richard King, David J. Leonard, Jack Lule, Murry Nelson, David C. Ogden, Robert W. Reising, and Joel Nathan Rosen Reconstructing Fame: Sport,...

During the early years of the Cold War, racial segregation in the American South became an embarrassing liability to the international reputation of the United States. For America to present itself...

Mississippi saw great change in the four decades after Reconstruction. Between 1877 and 1917 the state transformed. Its cities increased rapidly in size and saw the advent of electric lights,...

In Refusing to Be Made Whole: Disability in Black Women's Writing, author Anna LaQuawn Hinton examines how contemporary Black women writers present becoming disabled as a traumatic and violent...

In Refusing to Be Made Whole: Disability in Black Women's Writing, author Anna LaQuawn Hinton examines how contemporary Black women writers present becoming disabled as a traumatic and violent...

Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, the Itals, the Ethiopians--they all dropped dazzling proverbs into their best-known reggae tunes. "What come bad in the morning, can't come good in the evening."...

In the 1600s Colonial French settlers brought Christianity into the lands that are now the state of Mississippi. Throughout the period of French rule and the period of Spanish dominion that followed,...

Religion in the South edited by Charles Reagan Wilson with essays by John B. Boles, C. Eric Lincoln, David Edwin Harrell, Jr., J. Wayne Flynt, Samuel S. Hill, and Edwin S. Gaustad Showing the...

Born into slavery on a Louisiana plantation, John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) came to adulthood during the Reconstruction Era and lived a public-spirited life for over three decades. His political career...

An examination of how six prominent African-American writers of the nineteenth century reconfigured a threatening worldAuthor: John ErnestPublisher: University Press of MississippiPublication Date:...

Winner of the Caribbean Studies Association's 2016 Barbara T. Christian Award for Best Book in the Humanities Tourists flock to the Caribbean for its beaches and spread more than just blankets and...

Studies of the Irish presence in America have tended to look to the main corridors of emigration, and hence outside the American South. Yet the Irish constituted a significant minority in the region...

With contributions by John Charles, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Bill V. Mullen, Rachel Peterson, Paula Rabinowitz, Rachel Rubin, James Smethurst, Melina Vizca?no-Alem?n The essayists in Revising the...

The history of a brief but powerful coalition of Populists, Republicans, and African Americans During the 1890s, North Carolina witnessed a political revolution as the newly formed Populist Party...

Rich Harvest tells of the development and progress of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, beginning with Oliver Hudson Kelley's first activities on behalf of the farmer organization. It represents the...

In the 1940s and 1950s, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was among the best known and most respected folk singers in America. Paul O. Jenkins tells, for the first time, the story of Dyer-Bennet, often...

In the 1940s and '50s, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was among the best known and most respected folk singers in America. Paul O. Jenkins tells, for the first time, the story of Dyer-Bennet, often...