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Homeworks: A Book of Tennessee Writers (review)

Homeworks: A Book of Tennessee Writers (review) William Jolliff Appalachian Heritage, Volume 24, Number 4, Fall 1996, pp. 62-64 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1996.0067 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/437331/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:21 GMT from JHU Libraries NEW APPALACHIAN BOOKS OPINIONS AND REVIEWS Tickle, Phyllis, General Editor; Swanson, Alice, Associate Editor. Homeworks: A Book of Tennessee Writers. Knoxville: Tennessee Arts Commission and the University of Tennessee Press, 1996. Hardcover $35.00. Paperback $17.95. In Homeworks: A Book of Tennessee Writers, editors Phyllis Tickle and Alice Swanson present selections from over one hundred professional writers who claim, by residence or birthright, a relationship to the Vol- unteer State. That is the only commonality, and it proves to be too tenuous a center around which to organize this anthology—particularly since the regional aspects which might have unified the work are down- played by design. As the editorial preface assures us, that "demigod of most southern literature," the "sense of place" is relatively absent. This intriguing editorial stance becomes problematic only as we re- alize that no alternative ideational or stylistic center is sought. Instead, the editors have chosen to arrange the selections simply by order of the author's http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Homeworks: A Book of Tennessee Writers (review)

Jolliff, William.
Appalachian Review , Volume 24 (4) – Jan 8, 2014
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William Jolliff Appalachian Heritage, Volume 24, Number 4, Fall 1996, pp. 62-64 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1996.0067 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/437331/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:21 GMT from JHU Libraries NEW APPALACHIAN BOOKS OPINIONS AND REVIEWS Tickle, Phyllis, General Editor; Swanson, Alice, Associate Editor. Homeworks: A Book of Tennessee Writers. Knoxville: Tennessee Arts Commission and the University of Tennessee Press, 1996. Hardcover $35.00. Paperback $17.95. In Homeworks: A Book of Tennessee Writers, editors Phyllis Tickle and Alice Swanson present selections from over one hundred professional writers who claim, by residence or birthright, a relationship to the Vol- unteer State. That is the only commonality, and it proves to be too tenuous a center around which to organize this anthology—particularly since the regional aspects which might have unified the work are down- played by design. As the editorial preface assures us, that "demigod of most southern literature," the "sense of place" is relatively absent. This intriguing editorial stance becomes problematic only as we re- alize that no alternative ideational or stylistic center is sought. Instead, the editors have chosen to arrange the selections simply by order of the author's

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