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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]
History[edit]
See also[edit]
- 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[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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[edit]
- "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.