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Storied South : Voices of Writers and Artists by William Ferris (2013, Hardcover)
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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press
ISBN-101469607549
ISBN-139781469607542
eBay Product ID (ePID)160064541
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Book TitleStoried South : Voices of Writers and Artists
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicCriticism & Theory, American / General, American / Regional
IllustratorYes
FeaturesNew Edition
GenreLiterary Criticism, Art
AuthorWilliam Ferris
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight4 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width8 in
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LCCN2013-010406
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Dewey Edition23
ReviewsA capstone of this historian's career. . . . Ferris has created a thoroughly upbeat portrait of regional culture.-- Oral History Review, " The Storied South bring[s] these tales to life. . . . With Ferris as a guide, readers will get a revealing look at the region before air-conditioning and chain businesses, smartphones and corporate monoliths changed it forever." -Raleigh News & Observer, "Ferris's bringing-together of these famous personages offers us an unexpected and rich profusion of spirits, intelligences, sympathies, talents, enthusiasms, prejudices, passions and a few arch posturings and dissemblings to make it all plausible. That they are all (or mostly) southerners is far from what's most interesting about these "greats." However, that what they say confirms their irremediable human-ness, is interesting, and is also (I have to say) very reassuring."--Richard Ford, "Compiles decades' worth of deeply personal interviews with many of the South's greatest luminaries. . . . . And thanks to an included CD and DVD, their voices leap off the page and come to life." - Garden and Gun, "A capstone of this historian's career. . . . Ferris has created a thoroughly upbeat portrait of regional culture."-- Oral History Review, "Not to be missed. . . . This collection is a triumph of intelligent and provocative conversation."-- Jackson Clarion-Ledger, "An immensely important book that is passionate and keenly insightful and that is a crucial addition to the growing body of work on the South." -- Journal of Southern History, Compiles decades' worth of deeply personal interviews with many of the South's greatest luminaries. . . . . And thanks to an included CD and DVD, their voices leap off the page and come to life.-- Garden and Gun, "Deeply relevant. Bill Ferris captures revealing stories of some of the South's finest artists while raising bold questions about differences of place, time, class, race, and intention." --Tom Rankin, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, "An immensely important book that is passionate and keenly insightful and that is a crucial addition to the growing body of work on the South."-- The Journal of Southern History, An immensely important book that is passionate and keenly insightful and that is a crucial addition to the growing body of work on the South.-- The Journal of Southern History, "Compiles decades' worth of deeply personal interviews with many of the South's greatest luminaries. . . . . And thanks to an included CD and DVD, their voices leap off the page and come to life." -- Garden and Gun, [A] wonderful work. Required for viewers and readers interested in Southern folkways and culture. -- Library Journal starred review, "Ferris' idea of an essential South, layered by a narrative sensibility in music, literature and the visual arts, sings to the better angels of our nature. . . . Yet reading this remarkable book one realizes, too, that a brooding, unsettled nature about the South is still sadly with us." - New Orleans Magazine, Intimate and moving. . . . Undoubtedly a volume that should be included in the personal library of every Southerner or lover of the Southern storytelling tradition. When the final page of The Storied South is turned, readers will truly feel like t|9781469607542|, [A] comprehensive collection of accounts by these foundational southern artists. . . . Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.-- Choice, [A] rich collection developed over 40 years. . . . [A] moving and eloquent book.-- Publishers Weekly, Intimate and moving. . . . Undoubtedly a volume that should be included in the personal library of every Southerner or lover of the Southern storytelling tradition. When the final page of The Storied South is turned, readers will truly feel like they have been sitting on the front porch listening to the voices and stories of these legendary Southern icons. -- Click Magazine, [A] rich collection developed over 40 years. . . . [A] moving and eloquent book. -- Publishers Weekly, "Intimate and moving. . . . Undoubtedly a volume that should be included in the personal library of every Southerner or lover of the Southern storytelling tradition. When the final page of The Storied South is turned, readers will truly feel like they have been sitting on the front porch listening to the voices and stories of these legendary Southern icons."-- Click Magazine, "What a tremendous work! This wonderful book should grace every southerner's library, remembering that every southerner is not in the South."--Morgan Freeman, "Ferris offers a collection of his interviews with writers and artists he has come to know personally during 40 years of tramping around his native land." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ferris' idea of an essential South, layered by a narrative sensibility in music, literature and the visual arts, sings to the better angels of our nature. . . . Yet reading this remarkable book one realizes, too, that a brooding, unsettled nature about the South is still sadly with us.-- New Orleans Magazine, "Not to be missed. . . . This collection is a triumph of intelligent and provocative conversation." -- Jackson Clarion-Ledger, "[A] rich collection developed over 40 years. . . . [A] moving and eloquent book." -- Publishers Weekly, "[A] comprehensive collection of accounts by these foundational southern artists. . . . Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers."-- Choice, "Compiles decades' worth of deeply personal interviews with many of the South's greatest luminaries. . . . . And thanks to an included CD and DVD, their voices leap off the page and come to life."-- Garden and Gun, [Ferris's] latest book, The Storied South , was published this summer, and includes such well-known artists and thinkers as Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, William Eggleston and Alice Walker. . . . Storied includes a DVD and a CD of interviews th|9781469607542|, With Ferris as a guide, readers will get a revealing look at [the south] before air-conditioning and chain businesses, smartphones and corporate monoliths changed it forever. -- Raleigh News & Observer, [A] wonderful work. Required for viewers and readers interested in Southern folkways and culture.-- Library Journal starred review, A valuable addition to both public and academic libraries for their Southern Culture collections. Overall the book would be of interest to the general reader, as well as the scholar of Southern Studies.-- Tennessee Libraries, "Ferris presents us with artists' testimonies on their own histories, their work, and their theories about what it means to live in the South. These compelling stories help us to ask fresh and meaningful questions about the meaning of art, race, region, and history. They surprise us, make us laugh, and open their work to us anew." --Henry Louis Gates Jr., "Intimate and moving. . . . Undoubtedly a volume that should be included in the personal library of every Southerner or lover of the Southern storytelling tradition. When the final page of The Storied South is turned, readers will truly feel like they have been sitting on the front porch listening to the voices and stories of these legendary Southern icons." -- Click Magazine, "What a tremendous work! This wonderful book should grace every southerner's library, remembering that every southerner is not in the South." --Morgan Freeman, "William Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture have made him both legendary and necessary. His book, The Storied South , is a love song to the South Bill helped illuminate. It's a crowning achievement of his own storied career."--Pat Conroy, " The Storied South bring[s] these tales to life. . . . With Ferris as a guide, readers will get a revealing look at the region before air-conditioning and chain businesses, smartphones and corporate monoliths changed it forever."--Raleigh News &, "With Ferris as a guide, readers will get a revealing look at [the south] before air-conditioning and chain businesses, smartphones and corporate monoliths changed it forever." -- Raleigh News & Observer, " The Storied South bring[s] these tales to life. . . . With Ferris as a guide, readers will get a revealing look at the region before air-conditioning and chain businesses, smartphones and corporate monoliths changed it forever." -- Raleigh News & Observer, Not to be missed. . . . This collection is a triumph of intelligent and provocative conversation.-- Jackson Clarion-Ledger, [A] comprehensive collection of accounts by these foundational southern artists. . . . Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. -- CHOICE, "A valuable addition to both public and academic libraries for their Southern Culture collections. Overall the book would be of interest to the general reader, as well as the scholar of Southern Studies."-- Tennessee Libraries, "[Ferris's] latest book, The Storied South , was published this summer, and includes such well-known artists and thinkers as Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, William Eggleston and Alice Walker. . . . Storied includes a DVD and a CD of interviews that Ferris conducted during the past 40 years, as well as his photography."-- Brooks Bulletin, "Not to be missed. . . . This collection is a triumph of intelligent and provocative conversation." - Clarion-Ledger, "Deeply relevant. Bill Ferris captures revealing stories of some of the South's finest artists while raising bold questions about differences of place, time, class, race, and intention."--Tom Rankin, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, "[A] wonderful work. Required for viewers and readers interested in Southern folkways and culture." - Library Journal starred review, An excellent, authoritative record of how William Ferris mediates and meditates on Southern exceptionalism.-- Valley Voices, Ferris offers a collection of his interviews with writers and artists he has come to know personally during 40 years of tramping around his native land. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Storied South bring[s] these tales to life. . . . With Ferris as a guide, readers will get a revealing look at the region before air-conditioning and chain businesses, smartphones and corporate monoliths changed it forever.--Raleigh News & Observer, An extraordinary book that captures the very essence of life in the South--the landscape, the weather, and perhaps most important, the people, their voices and their stories.-- Journal of Southern History, In addition to being a book that preserves and represents the voices that form the intellectual foundation of southern studies, The Storied South is filled with warmth, humor, and fond memories.-- Arkansas Review, "[A] wonderful work. Required for viewers and readers interested in Southern folkways and culture."-- Library Journal starred review, [Ferris's] latest book, The Storied South , was published this summer, and includes such well-known artists and thinkers as Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, William Eggleston and Alice Walker. . . . Storied includes a DVD and a CD of interviews that Ferris conducted during the past 40 years, as well as his photography.-- Brooks Bulletin, Intimate and moving. . . . Undoubtedly a volume that should be included in the personal library of every Southerner or lover of the Southern storytelling tradition. When the final page of The Storied South is turned, readers will truly feel like they have been sitting on the front porch listening to the voices and stories of these legendary Southern icons.-- Click Magazine, "William Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture have made him both legendary and necessary. His book, The Storied South , is a love song to the South Bill helped illuminate. It's a crowning achievement of his own storied career." --Pat Conroy, Ferris' idea of an essential South, layered by a narrative sensibility in music, literature and the visual arts, sings to the better angels of our nature. . . . Yet reading this remarkable book one realizes, too, that a brooding, unsettled nature about t|9781469607542|, "Ferris presents us with artists' testimonies on their own histories, their work, and their theories about what it means to live in the South. These compelling stories help us to ask fresh and meaningful questions about the meaning of art, race, region, and history. They surprise us, make us laugh, and open their work to us anew."--Henry Louis Gates Jr., " The Storied South bring[s] these tales to life. . . . With Ferris as a guide, readers will get a revealing look at the region before air-conditioning and chain businesses, smartphones and corporate monoliths changed it forever."--Raleigh News & Observer, Ferris' idea of an essential South, layered by a narrative sensibility in music, literature and the visual arts, sings to the better angels of our nature. . . . Yet reading this remarkable book one realizes, too, that a brooding, unsettled nature about the South is still sadly with us. -- New Orleans Magazine, "Ferris' idea of an essential South, layered by a narrative sensibility in music, literature and the visual arts, sings to the better angels of our nature. . . . Yet reading this remarkable book one realizes, too, that a brooding, unsettled nature about the South is still sadly with us."-- New Orleans Magazine, Ferris offers a collection of his interviews with writers and artists he has come to know personally during 40 years of tramping around his native land.-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "[A] comprehensive collection of accounts by these foundational southern artists. . . . Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." -- CHOICE, "[A] rich collection developed over 40 years. . . . [A] moving and eloquent book."-- Publishers Weekly, "[A] wonderful work. Required for viewers and readers interested in Southern folkways and culture." -- Library Journal starred review, "Intimate and moving. . . . Undoubtedly a volume that should be included in the personal library of every Southerner or lover of the Southern storytelling tradition. When the final page of The Storied South is turned, readers will truly feel like they have been sitting on the front porch listening to the voices and stories of these legendary Southern icons." - Click Magazine, "Ferris offers a collection of his interviews with writers and artists he has come to know personally during 40 years of tramping around his native land."-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, An immensely important book that is passionate and keenly insightful and that is a crucial addition to the growing body of work on the South. -- Journal of Southern History, "[A] rich collection developed over 40 years. . . . [A] moving and eloquent book." - Publishers Weekly, "Ferris' idea of an essential South, layered by a narrative sensibility in music, literature and the visual arts, sings to the better angels of our nature. . . . Yet reading this remarkable book one realizes, too, that a brooding, unsettled nature about the South is still sadly with us." -- New Orleans Magazine
Dewey Decimal810.80975
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisThe Storied South features the voices--by turn searching and honest, coy and scathing--of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward. Masterfully drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by renowned folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years, the book reveals how storytelling is viscerally tied to southern identity and how the work of these southern or southern-inspired creators has shaped the way Americans think and talk about the South. The Storied South offers a unique, intimate opportunity to sit at the table with these men and women and learn how they worked and how they perceived their art. The volume also features 45 of Ferris's striking photographic portraits of the speakers and a CD and a DVD of original audio and films of the interviews., Features the voices of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty and Alice Walker to William Eggleston and C. Vann Woodward. Drawn from one-on-one interviews, the book reveals how storytelling is viscerally tied to southern identity and how the work of these southern or southern-inspired creators has shaped the way Americans think and talk about the South., The Storied South features the voices -- by turn searching and honest, coy and scathing -- of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward. Masterfully drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by renowned folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years, the book reveals how storytelling is viscerally tied to southern identity and how the work of these southern or southern-inspired creators has shaped the way Americans think and talk about the South. The Storied South offers a unique, intimate opportunity to sit at the table with these men and women and learn how they worked and how they perceived their art. The volume also features 45 of Ferris's striking photographic portraits of the speakers and a CD and a DVD of original audio and films of the interviews.
LC Classification NumberPS551.F47 2013
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