North Carolina literature

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The literature of North Carolina, USA, includes fiction, poetry, and varieties of nonfiction. Representative authors include playwright Paul Green, short-story writer O. Henry, and novelist Thomas Wolfe.[1]

History

A printing press began operating in New Bern, at the time North Carolina's capital, in 1749.[2]

"The first book published by a black in the South was The Hope of Liberty (1829), which contained poems decrying the slaves' condition, by George Moses Horton of North Carolina."[3] Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) "details events of slave life in Edenton" in her 1861 autobiographical Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.[4]

Organizations

The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association began in 1900 in Raleigh,[5] and the North Carolina Poetry Society in 1932 in Charlotte.[6] The North Carolina Writers' Network formed in 1985,[7] and the Winston-Salem Writers group in 2005.[8]

North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame

The "North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame" (est.1996) resides in the James Boyd House in the town of Southern Pines. Inductees:[9][10]

Awards and events

In 1948 Arthur Talmage Abernethy became the first North Carolina Poet Laureate.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sally Buckner (Fall 2009), "North Carolina Literature", Tar Heel Junior Historian, Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, North Carolina Museum of History – via NCpedia
  2. ^ Lawrence C. Wroth (1938), "Diffusion of Printing", The Colonial Printer, Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive (Fulltext)
  3. ^ Charles Reagan Wilson; William Ferris, eds. (1989). "Antebellum Era". Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807818232 – via Documenting the American South.
  4. ^ Emory Elliott, ed. (1991). Columbia History of the American Novel. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-07360-8.
  5. ^ "History and Mission". North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "History". North Carolina Poetry Society. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "About Us: History". North Carolina Writers' Network. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "Who We Are". Winston-Salem Writers. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "About the NCLHOF". North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "Inductees". Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Past Poet Laureates". North Carolina Poet Laureate. Raleigh: North Carolina Arts Council. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

Bibliography

  • Lucian Lamar Knight, ed. (1913). "Fifty Reading Courses: North Carolina". Library of Southern Literature. Vol. 16. Atlanta: Martin and Hoyt Company. p. 204+. hdl:2027/uc1.31175034925258 – via HathiTrust.
  • Library, North Carolina State (1919), "Bibliography of North Carolina", Biennial Report of the State Librarian of North Carolina, pp. 23–80. (Works by North Carolinans or related to the state)
  • Elsie Dershem (1921). "North Carolina". Outline of American State Literature. Lawrence, Kansas: World Company – via Internet Archive.
  • Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "The Arts: Literature". North Carolina: a Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 107–111.
  • G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about North Carolina literature)
  • Joseph M. Flora; Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan, eds. (2001). "Literature of North Carolina". Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs. Louisiana State University Press. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-8071-2692-9.
  • William L. Andrews, ed. (2006). North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An Anthology. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-2994-3.. (Includes examples of work by Charles W. Chesnutt, Anna J. Cooper, George Moses Horton, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Moses Roper, David Walker)
  • Sally Buckner (Fall 2009), "North Carolina Literature", Tar Heel Junior Historian, Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, North Carolina Museum of History – via NCpedia
  • Anne Bridges; Russell Clement; Ken Wise (2014). "Literature of the Great Smoky Mountains". Terra Incognita: an Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. pp. 223–262. ISBN 978-1-62190-014-6.

External links

  • "North Carolina Literary Map". University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Connecting the lives and creative work of authors to real (and imaginary) geographic locations
  • "North Carolina: Arts and Entertainment: Literature". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
  • United for Libraries (27 February 2009). "Literary Landmarks by State: North Carolina". Chicago: American Library Association.
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