The World Is Our Home

This book is an important text for the student of southern literature and history because each author examined is writing from the other side of the turbulent Fifties and Sixties, from having seen rural towns become burgeoning cities, and from having witnessed the politically disenfranchised attempt to join the mainstream.

~Journal of the American Studies Association

The essays challenge popular perceptions about the South and lend insight into the cultural and literary future of the region.

~Book News

The editors' introduction succinctly summarizes a quarter-century of literary scholarship with a social focus. Strongly recommended.

~Choice

Multifaceted and illuminating.... These essays provide the kind of new critical perspectives southern fiction demands and deserves as it continues to depict social and cultural changes. The editors and essayists have paved the way for our understanding of the future of southern fiction.

~David Madden

These essays challenge popular perceptions about the South and lend insight into the cultural and literary future of the region.

~Educational Book Review

A satisfying collection of essays by scholars who have proved themselves as solid commentators in the field of southern literature.

~Fred Hobson

Reminds us, as have previous scholars of Southern literature, that the literature of the American South is much more varied and variegated than we often imagine. We should be thankful for this reminder.

~Mississippi Quarterly