{"product_id":"humor-of-the-old-southwest-9780820316055","title":"Humor of the Old Southwest","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most entertaining genres of American literature is the bold, masculine, wildly exaggerated, and highly imaginative frontier humor of the Old Southwest, produced between 1835 and 1861 in an area that extended from Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia westward to Lousiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas. Hennig Cohen and William B. Dillingham have tapped the wealth of this region to produce a collection that over the last three decades has become the standard anthology of Old Southwestern humor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new, extensively revised edition includes an expanded introduction, a dozen replacement sections, an updated bibliography, and works by three new writers--Phillip B. January, Matthew C. Field, and John Gorman Barr. Most generously represented are George Washington Harris, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson Jones Hooper, and Thomas Bangs Thorpe. Selections from twenty-five authors are featured along with brief biographical essays that combine historical and political analysis with perceptive literary criticism. These selections document important facets of antebellum American culture and provide the background of the literary achievement of Mark Twain and William Faulkner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hennig Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.34h x 9.23w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820316055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM B. DILLINGHAM is Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Literature at Emory University. His books include \u003ci\u003eAn Artist in the Rigging: The Early Work of Herman Melville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMelville's Short Fiction, 1853-1856\u003c\/i\u003e (both Georgia).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40866852208755,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":55.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_492d2bcb-b10c-44c4-8390-8a21f591ca93.jpg?v=1687958541","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/humor-of-the-old-southwest-9780820316055","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}