West Virginia literature

The literature of West Virginia, U.S.A., includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative writers include, Pearl S. Buck, Rebecca Harding Davis, Keith Maillard and Melville Davisson Post. ^{[1] [2]} Mary Lee Settle was also said to have left a indelible mark on West Virginia literature. ^[3]

See also

• List of newspapers in West Virginia
• Appalachia § Literature
• Category:West Virginia in fiction
• Southern United States literature
• American literary regionalism
• Category:Libraries in West Virginia

References

1. Forbes 1981.
2. Simmons 2014.
3. Moore, Phyllis Wilson (2006). "The Mother Jones of West Virginia Literature". Appalachian Heritage. 34 (1): 11–14 – via Project MUSE.

Bibliography

• Mary Meek Atkeson; James Morton Callahan (1913). "Development of Literature in West Virginia". Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia. Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia. pp.  563–568.
• Lucian Lamar Knight, ed. (1913). "Fifty Reading Courses: West Virginia". Library of Southern Literature. Vol. 16. Atlanta: Martin and Hoyt Company. p. 226. hdl:2027/uc1.31175034925258 – via HathiTrust.
• Elsie Dershem (1921). "West Virginia". Outline of American State Literature. Lawrence, Kansas: World Company. pp. 179–183 – via Internet Archive.
• Mary Meek Atkeson (1922). Study of the Literature of West Virginia, 1822-1922. Washington DC.
• Ella May Turner, ed. (1923). Stories and Verse of West Virginia. Hagerstown, Md.
• Warren Wood (1926). Representative Authors of West Virginia.
• Charles Carpenter (April 1935). "The 'First" Books of West Virginia". West Virginia Review. 12.
• Innis C. Davis; Emily Johnston (1939). "Titles of Books Written by West Virginians and Those Printed in West Virginia". Biennenial Report of the State Department of Archives and History. Charleston, WV.
• Harriet W. Pierson (1940). Literature and Poetry of the Locale of West Virginia.
• Federal Writers' Project (1941). "Literature". West Virginia: a Guide to the Mountain State. American Guide Series. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 144–150. ISBN   9781595342461 – via Google Books.
• Otis K. Rice (July 1953). "West Virginia Printers and their Work, 1790-1830". West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN   0043-325X.
• Charles H. Ambler; Festus P. Summers (1958). "Pioneering in Literature and Education". West Virginia, the Mountain State (2nd ed.). Prentice-Hall. pp. 156–167. hdl:2027/mdp.39015014737517 – via HathiTrust. + Literary Scene pp. 506–520. (Fulltext)
• Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: a Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville, WV: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC   863601 – via Internet Archive.
• Charlotte Coulthard Reed (1962). West Virginia Poetry since 1913, a Bibliography.
• Virginia Foulk (April 1964). "Women Authors of West Virginia". West Virginia History. 25.
• Vito J. Brenni (1968). Joyce Binder (ed.). West Virginia Authors: a Biobibliography. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University.
• Jim Comstock, ed. (1974). Stories and Verse of West Virginia. (Anthology)
• Kitty B. Frazier (1979). West Virginia Women Writers 1822-1979. (Bibliography)
• Harold M. Forbes (1981). "Literature" (PDF). West Virginia History: A Bibliography and Guide to Research. West Virginia University Press.^{[ dead link ]}
• Gordon Simmons (4 February 2014). "Literature". West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
• Joseph M. Flora; Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan, eds. (2001). "Literature of West Virginia". Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs . Louisiana State University Press. p.  957. ISBN   978-0-8071-2692-9.

External links

• "West Virginia: Arts and Entertainment: Literature". DMOZ . AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
• "LibGuides: Appalachian Studies". Huntington, WV: Marshall University Libraries.. (Subject guide)
• "Authors List". West Virginia Literary Map. Fairmont, WV: Fairmont State University, West Virginia Folklife Center. 35 authors from...1863-2003, plus a West Virginia site often associated with them or their work
• United for Libraries (27 February 2009). "Literary Landmarks by State: West Virginia". Chicago: American Library Association.