Title Florida studies : proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association / edited by Claudia Slate, Steve Glassman

Published Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; PEDAGOGY; THE VILLAIN NO MORE; RE-ENTRY CRISIS; LIVING THE LIFE OF THE DIRTY; OLD FLORIDA; ATALA; IMAGINED PLACES AND PEOPLE IN ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE VACA AND JOHN FLEMING; OF STONES AND STUDENTS; CRACKER CULTURE IN THE FLORIDA NOVELS OF MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS; ELEMENTS OF SOUTHWESTERN HUMOR IN THE YEARLING; CRACKER MYTHOS; STRANGE BEDFELLOWS; VISIONS OF HEROES; DECOLONIZING THE NATIVE CONCH IN ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT; CONTEMPORARY FLORIDA; JUDGING MR. WATSON; LIBRARIAN HEROES IN LITERATURE AND REAL LIFE IN SEARCH OF HER MOTHER'S GARDEN"THE PLANET SURVIVES ... THROUGH HEROISM"; DAVIDSON AND GOLIATH; NATURAL FLORIDA; A PASSION FOR PARADISE; TWO BILLS, TWO CENTURIES; HURRICANE MADNESS; CREATIVE SHOWCASE; BEHIND OUR MEMORIES, OUR LARGER FAMILIES WAIT; THE FATHER; GOING SWIMMING; LOVERS CONVERSE; THE MOON SPEAKS; FLIGHT; IN THE BEGINNING Summary Florida was the first region of the United States to be discovered, explored, and, after a fashion, settled by Euroamericans. Its population in the early 21st century is approaching 17 million. Within years the number of people living in the state will surpass those living in New York, and the Sunshine State will become the most populous area east of the Mississippi. The first book in English about Florida was written by Jean Ribault. A French adventurer, Ribault established a colony of Huguenots near present-day Jacksonville. He was captured by the very able Spanish commander Pedro Menendez Notes "2006 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association (FCEA) in Lakeland, Florida."--Page [x] Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Subject Authors, American -- Florida -- Congresses American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Congresses American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Congresses LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Authors, American Literature SUBJECT Florida -- In literature -- Congresses Subject Florida Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Slate, Claudia Glassman, Steve ISBN 9781443810814 1443810819

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