The Literature of the Ozarks
The Literature of the Ozarks

Author: Phillip Douglas Howerton

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2019-02-25

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1610756584

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The job of regional literature is twofold: to explore and confront the culture from within, and to help define that culture for outsiders. Taken together, the two centuries of Ozarks literature collected in this ambitious anthology do just that. The fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama presented in The Literature of the Ozarks complicate assumptions about backwoods ignorance, debunk the pastoral myth, expand on the meaning of wilderness, and position the Ozarks as a crossroads of human experience with meaningful ties to national literary movements. Among the authors presented here are an Osage priest, an early explorer from New York, a native-born farm wife, African American writers who protested attacks on their communities, a Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, and an art history professor who created a fictional town and a postmodern parody of the region’s stereotypes. The Literature of the Ozarks establishes a canon as nuanced and varied as the region’s writers themselves.

The Ozarks
The Ozarks

Author: Vance Randolph

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2017-01-25

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1682260267

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"Vance Randolph was perfectly constituted for his role as the chronicler of Ozark folkways. As a self-described "hack writer," who first visited the region as a child with his middle-class parents, he was as much a figure of the margins as his chosen subjects. And his essentially romantic identification with the Ozarks--encouraged by the editors of the era--was always tempered by his scientific training and his contrarian nature. In The Ozarks, originally published in 1931, we have Randolph's first book-length portrait of the people he would spend the next half-century studying. The full range of Randolph's interests--in language, in hunting and fishing, in folksongs and play parties, in moonshining--is on view in this book that made his name; forever after he was "Mr. Ozark," the region's preeminent expert who would, in collection after collection, enlarge and deepen his debut effort. With a new introduction by Robert Cochran, The Ozarks , an image shaper in its day, a cultural artifact for decades to come, this wonderful book is as entertaining as ever." --Back cover.

The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks
The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks

Author: Donald Harington

Publisher: Harcourt on Demand

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780156078801

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After Noah and Jacob Ingledew travel to Arkansas from Tennessee, they found the town of Stay More that becomes home to six succeeding, struggling, and extremely girl-shy generations of Ingledews

The Literature of the Ozarks
The Literature of the Ozarks

Author: Phillip Douglas Howerton

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2019-02-25

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1682260852

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The job of regional literature is twofold: to explore and confront the culture from within, and to help define that culture for outsiders. Taken together, the two centuries of Ozarks literature collected in this ambitious anthology do just that. The fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama presented in The Literature of the Ozarks complicate assumptions about backwoods ignorance, debunk the pastoral myth, expand on the meaning of wilderness, and position the Ozarks as a crossroads of human experience with meaningful ties to national literary movements. Among the authors presented here are an Osage priest, an early explorer from New York, a native-born farm wife, African American writers who protested attacks on their communities, a Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, and an art history professor who created a fictional town and a postmodern parody of the region’s stereotypes. The Literature of the Ozarks establishes a canon as nuanced and varied as the region’s writers themselves.

The Literature of the Ozarks
The Literature of the Ozarks

Author: Phillip Douglas Howerton

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9781610753890

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"This book surveys two centuries of Ozarks literature, from an Osage creation story to contemporary poetry and fiction. This anthology presents writings from more than forty authors and connects these works to major literary movements while exploring their regional themes and their contributions to the social construction of the Ozarks"--

Back Yonder
Back Yonder

Author: Charles Wayman Hogue

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1557286981

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Originally released in 1932, Wayman Hogue's Back Yonder is a rare and entertaining memoir of life in rural Arkansas during the decades follow- ing the Civil War. Using family legends, personal memories, and events from Arkansas history, Hogue, like his contemporary Laura Ingalls Wilder, creatively weaves a narrative of a family making its way in rug- ged, impoverished, and sometimes violent places. From one-room schoolhouses to moonshiners, the details in Hogue's story capture the essence of a particular time and place, even as the characters reflect a universal quality that endears them to the mod- ern reader. This reissue of Back Yonder, the first in the Chronicles of the Ozarks series, features an introduction by historian Brooks Blevins that explores the life of Charles Wayman Hogue, analyzes the people and events that inspired the book, and places the volume in the context of America's discovery of the Ozarks in the years between the World Wars.

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Author: Michael B. Montgomery

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1469616629

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The fifth volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores language and dialect in the South, including English and its numerous regional variants, Native American languages, and other non-English languages spoken over time by the region's immigrant communities. Among the more than sixty entries are eleven on indigenous languages and major essays on French, Spanish, and German. Each of these provides both historical and contemporary perspectives, identifying the language's location, number of speakers, vitality, and sample distinctive features. The book acknowledges the role of immigration in spreading features of Southern English to other regions and countries and in bringing linguistic influences from Europe and Africa to Southern English. The fascinating patchwork of English dialects is also fully presented, from African American English, Gullah, and Cajun English to the English spoken in Appalachia, the Ozarks, the Outer Banks, the Chesapeake Bay Islands, Charleston, and elsewhere. Topical entries discuss ongoing changes in the pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of English in the increasingly mobile South, as well as naming patterns, storytelling, preaching styles, and politeness, all of which deal with ways language is woven into southern culture.

Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Development Concepts (1970) B1; Interpretive Prospectus (1975) B2; Statement for Management (1977) B3; Round Springs Concession Permit, Environmental Assessment (EA) (1978) B4; River Recreation Research, 1970-1977 (1978) B5; Master Plan, Preliminary Draft (1979) B6; Natural Resources Management, Assessment of Alternatives (1979) B7; Revised Statement for Management (1979) B8; Planning Workbook B9; Cross-country Trail Rides, Assessment of Alternatives B10; General Management Plan (GMP), Environmental Assessment (EA) B11; Draft General Management Plan (GMP), General Concept Plan (1981).
Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Development Concepts (1970) B1; Interpretive Prospectus (1975) B2; Statement for Management (1977) B3; Round Springs Concession Permit, Environmental Assessment (EA) (1978) B4; River Recreation Research, 1970-1977 (1978) B5; Master Plan, Preliminary Draft (1979) B6; Natural Resources Management, Assessment of Alternatives (1979) B7; Revised Statement for Management (1979) B8; Planning Workbook B9; Cross-country Trail Rides, Assessment of Alternatives B10; General Management Plan (GMP), Environmental Assessment (EA) B11; Draft General Management Plan (GMP), General Concept Plan (1981).

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Published: 1980

Total Pages: 212

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The Ozarks in Missouri History
The Ozarks in Missouri History

Author: Lynn Morrow

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2013-12-29

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0826273033

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Interest in scholarly study of the Ozarks has grown steadily in recent years, and The Ozarks in Missouri History: Discoveries in an American Region will be welcomed by historians and Ozark enthusiasts alike. This lively collection gathers fifteen essays, many of them pioneering efforts in the field, that originally appeared in the Missouri Historical Review, the journal of the State Historical Society. In his introduction, editor Lynn Morrow gives the reader background on the interest in and the study of the Ozarks. The scope of the collection reflects the diversity of the region. Micro-studies by such well-known contributors as John Bradbury, Roger Grant, Gary Kremer, Stephen Limbaugh Sr., and Milton Rafferty explore the history, culture, and geography of this unique region. They trace the evolution of the Ozarks, examine the sometimes-conflicting influences exerted by St. Louis and Kansas City, and consider the sometimes highly charged struggle by federal, state, and local governments to define conservation and the future of Current River.

Ozark Vernacular Houses
Ozark Vernacular Houses

Author: Jean Sizemore

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1557283109

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Over 160 photographs, drawings, and maps provide examples of the four traditional Ozark house types and reveal the unity of a distinctive Arkansas culture that bears identity with all hill peoples. Of importance to architects, folklorists, cultural historians, and anyone interested in the Ozarks, this fascinating examination of the Ozark house is a way toward understanding the mind of the inhabitants and their entire way of life.