South Carolina literature

The literature ofSouth Carolina,United States,includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative authors includeDorothy Allison,Daniel PayneandWilliam Gilmore Simms.^[1]^[2]

History[edit]

Aprinting pressbegan operating inCharlestonin 1731.^[3]

Literary figures of the antebellum period includedPaul Hamilton Hayne(1830-1886),James Matthews Legaré(1823-1859), William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870),Henry Timrod(1829-1867).^[4]TheSouthern Reviewwas published in Charleston from 1828 through 1832.^[5]TheCarolina Housewifecookbookwas published in Charleston in 1847.^[6]

In the 1920sJulia Peterkin(1880-1961) wrote about theGullah.^[7]DuBose Heyward's (1885-1940) 1925 novelPorgy"explored interactions among the black residents of Charleston'sCatfish Row."^[7]

TheSouth Carolina Reviewliterary journal was founded atFurman Universityin Greenville in 1968, later moving toClemson University.^[8]

Upstate[edit]

The Upstate (or Upcountry) includes the mountains of Oconee and Pickens Counties, the Greenville-Spartanburg metro area, and the many mill communities in the triangle between Charlotte, Columbia, and the Georgia border. The region is best encapsulated by Ben Robertson's memoirRed Hills and Cotton,which describes life in the New South mill culture in the South Carolina "backcountry."

In the late 20th and 21st centuries, literature in this region flourished. Notable books includeDori Sanders'Clover,Dorothy Allison'sBastard Out of Carolina,and the short stories ofGeorge Singleton.Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties have been referred to as the "dark corner," allegedly because it took so long for the region to get electricity.^[9]NovelistsRon Rash,Mark Powelland others have explored the region's isolation and history of lawlessness.

The Upstate is also home to a thriving literary arts community, including Spartanburg'sHub City Writers Project.Another literary group isWits End Poetry,established in 2002.

Lowcountry[edit]

TheSouth Carolina Lowcountryincludes Charleston, Beaufort, Hilton Head and sea islands. NovelistsDorothea Benton Frank,Josephine Humphreys,and the latePat Conroycaptured the flavor of the Lowcountry, the rhythms of the coast, Charleston's changing society, and the romantic myth of the region. Other notable works from the region includePadgett Powell's novelEdisto.

Organizations[edit]

The Poetry Society of South Carolina began in Charleston in 1920.^[8]TheSpartanburg Hub City Writers Projectlaunched in 1995.^[8]Wits End Poetrywas launched in2002.

References[edit]

^Federal Writers' Project 1941.
^Compton 2001.
^Lawrence C. Wroth(1938),"Diffusion of Printing",The Colonial Printer,Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive(Fulltext)
^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.
^Richard J. Calhoun (2008). "Periodicals". InM. Thomas Inge(ed.).Literature.New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.Vol. 9. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 107–111.ISBN 9781469616643.OCLC 910189354.
^"Introduction",Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project,Michigan State University,retrievedMarch 13,2017
^^a ^bEmory Elliott,ed. (1991).Columbia History of the American Novel.Columbia University Press.ISBN 978-0-231-07360-8.
^^a ^b ^c"South Carolina Encyclopedia".University of South Carolina.RetrievedMarch 20,2017.
^Lockhart, Matthew."Dark Corner".South Carolina Encyclopedia.Retrieved29 May2020.

Bibliography[edit]

Lucian Lamar Knight, ed. (1913)."Fifty Reading Courses: South Carolina".Library of Southern Literature.Vol. 16. Atlanta: Martin and Hoyt Company. p. 207+.hdl:2027/uc1.31175034925258– via HathiTrust.
Elsie Dershem (1921)."South Carolina".Outline of American State Literature.Lawrence, Kansas: World Company – via Internet Archive.
Federal Writers' Project(1941),"Literature",South Carolina: a Guide to the Palmetto State,American Guide Series,Boston: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 131–146,hdl:2027/mdp.39015008031521
G. Thomas Tanselle(1971).Guide to the Study of United States Imprints.Harvard University Press.ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6.(Includes information about South Carolina literature)
Thorne Compton (2001). "Literature of South Carolina". In Joseph M. Flora; Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan (eds.).Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs.Louisiana State University Press.pp.815-823.ISBN 978-0-8071-2692-9.

External links[edit]

"South Carolina: Arts and Entertainment: Literature".DMOZ.AOL.(Directory ceased in 2017)
United for Libraries (27 February 2009)."Literary Landmarks by State: South Carolina".Chicago: American Library Association.

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[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1941-1] Federal Writers' Project 1941.

[FOOTNOTECompton2001-2] Compton 2001.

[wroth1938-3] Lawrence C. Wroth(1938),"Diffusion of Printing",The Colonial Printer,Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive(Fulltext)

[4] 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.

[Calhoun2008-5] Richard J. Calhoun (2008). "Periodicals". InM. Thomas Inge(ed.).Literature.New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.Vol. 9. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 107–111.ISBN 9781469616643.OCLC 910189354.

[6] "Introduction",Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project,Michigan State University,retrievedMarch 13,2017

[Elliott1991-7] Emory Elliott,ed. (1991).Columbia History of the American Novel.Columbia University Press.ISBN 978-0-231-07360-8.

[SCE-8] "South Carolina Encyclopedia".University of South Carolina.RetrievedMarch 20,2017.

[9] Lockhart, Matthew."Dark Corner".South Carolina Encyclopedia.Retrieved29 May2020.

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