Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South

"Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South considers the writer's full body of work, placing it in the contexts of southern literature, Mississippi writing, and literary work about the working class. Collectively the essays explore such subjects as Brown's treatment of class politics, race and racism, the aftereffects of the Vietnam War on American culture, the evolution of the South from a plantation-based economy to a post-industrial one, and male-female relations. The role of Brown's mentors - Ellen Douglas and Barry Hannah - in shaping his work is discussed, as is Brown's connection to such writers as Harry Crews and Dorothy Allison. The volume is one of the first critical studies of a writer whose depth and influence mark him as one of the most well-regarded Mississippi authors."--BOOK JACKET.Cash, Jean W. is the author of 'Larry Brown and the Blue-Collar South', published 2008 under ISBN 9781934110751 and ISBN 1934110752.