Writing West Virginia

Description:

"This manuscript discusses the literary works of several West Virginia writers and how their fiction, characters, and novel settings reflect the values of this distinctively Appalachian state. Creasman also discusses varying gender roles and working class West Virginians in fiction by writers such as Breece and Ann Pancake, Benedict, McKinney, Settle, and Giardina, among others, and how these roles are often reflected in literature from West Virginia's writing community" --

subjects: American literature,  History and criticism,  Women authors,  Women and literature,  Social role in literature,  Working class in literature,  Social values in literature,  In literature,  American literature, history and criticism,  American literature, women authors,  Appalachian region,  United states, in literature,  Literature

Places: West Virginia,  Appalachian Region