商品簡介
Folks (Doshisha University) interprets the work of American writers whose depictions of traditional communities under attack by modernity are intended to demonstrate the need to preserve individual responsibility, intellectual tolerance, and conservative values. Writers under consideration include Edgar Allan Poe, Vachel Lindsay, James Agee, Flannery O'Connor, V. S. Naipaul, and Kent Haruf. For most of these writers, the idea of a place of refuge is associated with distinctive regions of the America, such as the South, the West, or the Midwest. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Jeffrey J. Folks has taught literature in Europe, America, and Japan, most recently as professor of letters in the graduate school of Doshisha University. His articles on American literature and culture have appeared in Modern Age, Southern Literary Journal, and Papers on Language and Literature, among other journals.
