{"product_id":"tales-of-the-south-by-william-gilmore-simms-9781570030871","title":"Tales of the South by William Gilmore SIMMs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFourteen fanciful stories by a rediscovered luminary of Southern literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Gilmore Simms--a nineteenth-century American writer whose popularity once rivaled that of Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville--achieved his greatest notoriety for such widely read novels as \u003ci\u003eGuy Rivers, The Yemasse, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Partisan.\u003c\/i\u003e He also penned an assortment of short stories that, though not nearly as well known, are now regarded by an expanding circle of critics as his most impressive body of work. With \u003ci\u003eTales of the South, \u003c\/i\u003e Mary Ann Wimsatt assembles a representative sampling of Simm's short fiction and restores these classic tales to their rightful place in America's literary canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeftly combining homey realism with fabulous flights of the tall tale, these fourteen stories offer intimate views of nineteenth-century work and domesticity as well as guided forays into the legends, superstitions, and folk experiences that circulated through all classes and races of antebellum society. Simms's sprightly, highly imaginative narratives reflect his ties to British and American romanticism, genius for frontier humor, and keen interest in Native American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWimsatt's introduction to the stories includes an exploration of the various contexts--biographical, historical, economic, and literary--from which Simms's short fiction emerged, an evaluation of the changing literary fashions that relegated his work to the margins of postbellum popularity, and an assessment of the current resurgence of interest in Simms and his literary achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-315640\"\u003eWilliam Gilmore Simms\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.15h x 6.11w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570030871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570030871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Ann Wimsatt\u003c\/b\u003e is McClintock Professor of Southern Letters at the University of South Carolina and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Major Fiction of William Gilmore Simms: Cultural and Literary Form.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44544040403181,"sku":"9781570030871","price":39.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4b8f30a6-cb2e-42a2-9a97-e7bd721c6f7c.jpg?v=1701550868","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/tales-of-the-south-by-william-gilmore-simms-9781570030871","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}