Dictionary of Midwestern Literature ─ Dimensions of the Midwestern Literary Imagination

The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation’s Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on thirty-five pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest’s continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.

Phillip A. Greasley is a retired Associate Professor, English; Dean, University Extension; and Associate Provost for University Engagement at the University of Kentucky. He has served as General Editor of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature and has published widely on Midwestern writers, the Chicago Renaissance, and modern poetics.