The series will collect correspondence, publications, and speeches by African American theologian Thurman (1900-81), augmenting the books and essays he intended for public consumption with poetry, fic
A decade after he died, a conference was held in South Carolina in January 2007, to consider why the work of southern US poet and novelist Dickey (1923-97) has slid from public and academic attention
Moffett (English, Kentucky Western College, Owensboro) offers the first full length study of Wright's poetry, which has won many prestigious awards and recognition around the world. Engagement with pl
Nichols (emerita linguistics, San Jose State U.) describes how the many languages of three continents that were spoken in the colony in 1715 became the common language of today. Among her perspectives
Gleason (English, Cardinal Stritch U.) introduces readers to Boyle's (b. 1948) short stories, and then to his novels decade by decade from the 1980s to the 2000s. He says the novelist, having studied
The death of Jesus is of central importance in all four New Testament gospels. For centuries much attention and scholarship have been devoted to both the historical and theological aspects of this eve
In Images of Judaism in Luke-Acts, Joseph B. Tyson addresses the ways in which Jewish people and religious customs are presented in the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. These texts present
"In this first book-length study of Ron Rash's fiction and poetry, John Lang explores the nature and scope of Rash's achievements, introducing readers to the major themes and stylistic features of his
Patrick Neison Lynch, born in a small town in Ireland, became the third Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina. Lynch is remembered today mostly for his support of the Conf
"Rhetorical Touch argues for an understanding of touch as a rhetorical art by approaching the sense of touch through the kinds of bodies and minds that rhetorical history and theory have tended to exc
South Carolina Fire-Eater is the first book-length biography of Laurence Massillon Keitt, one of South Carolina's most notorious advocates of secession and apologists for African American slavery. A p
"You Can't Padlock an Idea examines the educational programs undertaken at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee and looks specifically at how these programs functioned rhetorically to promote democ
