Willie Morris
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4574-5 (ISBN)
William Weaks Morris was a writer defined in large measure by his Southern roots. A seventh generation Mississippian, he grew up in Yazoo City frequently reminded of his heritage. Spending his college years at the University of Texas and at Oxford University in England gave Morris a taste of the world and, at the very least, something to write home about.
This volume is a comprehensive reference work dealing with Willie Morris' life and works. It is also a literary biography based on hundreds of primary sources such as letters, newspaper articles and interviews. The principal focus is on Morris' literary legacy, which includes works such as North Toward Home, New York Days and My Dog Skip.
Jack Bales is the Reference and Humanities Librarian at the University of Mary Washington Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The author of numerous books and articles, he lives in Fredericksburg.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Rick Bragg
Preface
Chronology
PART
NORTH TOWARD HOME TO MISSISSIPPI: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF WILLIE MORRIS
Early Years (1934–1952)
College Days and Controversy (1952–1956)
An American Abroad (1956–1960)
Crusading Journalist (1960–1971)
Adrift on Long Island (1971–1979)
South Toward Home (1979–1999)
Epilogue
Notes
PART
PUBLISHED WRITINGS BY WILLIE MORRIS
Contents
Books
The South Today: 100 Years After Appomattox
North Toward Home
Yazoo: Integration in a Deep-Southern Town
Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood
The Last of the Southern Girls
A Southern Album: Recollections of Some People and Places and Times Gone By
James Jones: A Friendship
Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home
The Courting of Marcus Dupree
Always Stand In Against the Curve and Other Sports Stories
Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo
Homecomings
Faulkner’s Mississippi
My Two Oxfords
After All, It’s Only a Game
New York Days
My Dog Skip
A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season
The Ghosts of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood
My Cat Spit McGee
My Mississippi
Taps: A Novel
Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays
Articles in the Daily Texan
Articles in the Texas Observer
Magazine and Journal Articles
Newspaper Articles
Contributions to Books
Introductions and Forewords
Book Reviews
Letters to the Editor
PART
PUBLISHED WRITINGS ABOUT WILLIE MORRIS
Contents
Book Reviews
The South Today: 100 Years After Appomattox
North Toward Home
Yazoo: Integration in a Deep-Southern Town
Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood
The Last of the Southern Girls
A Southern Album: Recollections of Some People and Places and Times Gone By
James Jones: A Friendship
Terrains of the Heart and Other Essays on Home
The Courting of Marcus Dupree
Always Stand in Against the Curve and Other Sports Stories
Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo
Homecomings
Faulkner’s Mississippi
After All, It’s Only a Game
New York Days
My Dog Skip
A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season
The Ghosts of Medgar Evers: A Tale of Race, Murder, Mississippi, and Hollywood
My Cat Spit McGee
My Mississippi
Taps: A Novel
Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays
Biographical and Critical Entries from Reference Works
Magazine and Journal Articles
Newspaper Articles
Books and Sections of Books
Theses and Dissertation
Selected Web Pages
Obituaries and Memorial Tributes
PART
A SENSE OF HISTORY: TRACING THE CIVILWAR WITHWILLIE MORRIS
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 57 photos, chronology, notes, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 676 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-4574-2 / 0786445742 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-4574-5 / 9780786445745 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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