Wingless Flights: Appalachian Women in Fiction - Hardcover

Miller, Danny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879727179 ISBN 13: 9780879727178

Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press,US, 1996

Synopsis

Surveys images of mountain women from the 1880s to the 1950s in the writings of authors including Mary Noailles Murfree, Edith Summers Kelley, James Still, and Harriette Arnow. Shows changes in descriptions of mountain women from non-native to native depictions, from romantic to realistic presentations, and from emphasis on victimization and drudgery to emphasis and strength and endurance. Includes a few b&w photos. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

Synopsis

Surveys images of mountain women from the 1880s to the 1950s in the writings of authors including Mary Noailles Murfree, Edith Summers Kelley, James Still, and Harriette Arnow. Shows changes in descriptions of mountain women from non-native to native depictions, from romantic to realistic presentations, and from emphasis on victimization and drudge

About the Author

Danny L. Miller is Associate Professor of English at Northern Kentucky University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0879727179
• ISBN 13: 9780879727178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 187