{"product_id":"summoning-the-dead-essays-on-ron-rash-hardcover","title":"Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRandall Wilhelm\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eZackary Vernon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book-length examination of the award-winning author of poetry and fiction firmly rooted in Appalachia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince his dramatic appearance on the southern literary stage with his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eOne Foot in Eden\u003c\/i\u003e, Ron Rash has continued a prolific outpouring of award-winning poetry and fiction. His status as a regular on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Sellers list, coupled with his impressive critical acclaim--including two O. Henry Awards and the Frank O'Connor Award for Best International Short Fiction--attests to both his wide readership and his brilliance as a literary craftsman. In Summoning the Dead, editors Randall Wilhelm and Zackary Vernon have assembled the first book-length collection of scholarship on Ron Rash. The volume features the work of respected scholars in southern and Appalachian studies, providing a disparate but related constellation of interdisciplinary approaches to Rash's fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editors contend that Rash's work is increasingly relevant and important on regional, national, and global levels in part because of its popular and scholarly appeal and also its invaluable social critiques and celebrations, thus warranting academic attention. Wilhelm and Vernon argue that studying Rash is important because he encourages readers and critics alike to understand Appalachia in all its complexity and he consistently provides portrayals of the region that reveal both the beauty of its cultures and landscapes as well as the social and environmental pathologies that it continues to face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe landscapes, peoples, and cultures that emerge in Rash's work represent and respond to not only Appalachia or the South, but also to national and global cultures. Firmly rooted in the mountain South, Rash's artistic vision weaves the truths of the human condition and the perils of the human heart in a poetic language that speaks deeply to us all. Through these essays, offering a range of critical and theoretical approaches that examine important aspects of Rash's work, Wilhelm and Vernon create a foundation for the future of Rash studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Morgan, Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell University and author of fourteen books of poetry and nine volumes of fiction including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eGap Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, provides a foreword.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTRIBUTORS\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Bennett\u003cbr\u003eThomas Aervold Bjerre\u003cbr\u003eMae Miller Claxton\u003cbr\u003eMartha Greene Eads\u003cbr\u003eJames Eric Ensley\u003cbr\u003eJesse Graves\u003cbr\u003eJohn Lang\u003cbr\u003eErica Abrams Locklear\u003cbr\u003eTripthi Pillai\u003cbr\u003eAdam J. Pratt\u003cbr\u003eBrian Railsback\u003cbr\u003eJimmy Dean Smith\u003cbr\u003eFrederique Spill\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Cross Turner\u003cbr\u003eZackary Vernon\u003cbr\u003eEdward J. Whitelock\u003cbr\u003eRandall Wilhelm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZackary Vernon \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor of English at Appalachian State University. His research has been published in a range of scholarly books and journals, and he is the editor of \u003ci\u003eEcocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42112992739463,"sku":"9781611178388","price":94.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c370f2e30a9cf2965ce3f45db658385a.webp?v=1732485099","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/summoning-the-dead-essays-on-ron-rash-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}