Breece Pancake and the Problem with Place: A West Virginia State of Mind

Breece Pancake and the Problem with Place: A West Virginia State of Mind

Contemplates the meaning and misunderstanding of the works of West Virginia author, Breece Pancake, who took his own life at age 26. Pancake used a "realistic" representation of a place to create an effect in his fiction, not to develop a regional image. Contains comments from other Appala...

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Veröffentlicht in:Appalachian journal 1994-10, Vol.22 (1), p.60-77
1. Verfasser: DOUGLASS, THOMAS E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anthologies
Appalachian Culture
Appalachian Literature
Authors
Cultural Images
Fiction
Literary characters
Literary Criticism
Literature
Men
Pancake (Breece)
Pancakes
Protagonists
Rural Areas
Sense of Place
Short stories
Social Problems
Stereotypes
United States Literature
West Virginia
Writers
Writing
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Zusammenfassung:Contemplates the meaning and misunderstanding of the works of West Virginia author, Breece Pancake, who took his own life at age 26. Pancake used a "realistic" representation of a place to create an effect in his fiction, not to develop a regional image. Contains comments from other Appalachian writers concerning Pancake's work. (KS)
ISSN:0090-3779