JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Yearning for the Mud: Metafiction, Metafilm, and Bioregionalism in Robert Penn Warren's Flood.

  • Published In: Mississippi Quarterly, 2024, v. 76, n. 4. P. 407 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Vernon, Zackary 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay provides a new reading of Robert Penn Warren's novel Flood: A Romance of Our Time (1963) While most scholars have explored Warren's work relative to regionalism and agrarianism, I contend that his later novels adhere much more closely to the tenets of bioregionalism, a theory that seeks to understand the reciprocal relationships between localized networks of landscapes and cultures. Reading Flood through the lens of bioregionalism can help us understand more fully Warren's metafictional and metafilmic investigations of how best to capture the internal psychic realities of southerners and the external material conditions of the US South. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Mississippi Quarterly. 2024/10, Vol. 76, Issue 4, p407
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Science
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0026-637X
  • DOI:10.1353/mss.2024.a953235
  • Accession Number:181694660
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