Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond

At the height of the sixties, a group of Texas writers stood apart from Texas's conservative establishment....
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Author: Steven L. Davis
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Language: English
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Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond by Davis, Steven L.

Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond

€41,70

Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond

€41,70
Author: Steven L. Davis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
At the height of the sixties, a group of Texas writers stood apart from Texas's conservative establishment. Calling themselves the Mad Dogs, these six writers--Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Dan Jenkins, and Peter Gent--closely observed the effects of the Vietnam War; the Kennedy assassination; the rapid population shift from rural to urban environments; Lyndon Johnson's rise to national prominence; the Civil Rights Movement; Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys; Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker and the new Outlaw music scene; the birth of a Texas film industry; Texas Monthly magazine; the flowering of "Texas Chic"; and Ann Richards's election as governor.

In Texas Literary Outlaws, Steven L. Davis makes extensive use of untapped literary archives to weave a fascinating portrait of writers who came of age during a period of rapid social change. Despite their popular image, the Mad Dogs were deadly serious as they turned their gaze on their home state, and they chronicled Texas culture with daring, wit, and sophistication.

Author: Steven L. Davis
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9780875656755

About the Author
STEVEN L. DAVIS has won a PEN USA award for research nonfiction and is the current president of the Texas Institute of Letters. He is a longtime curator of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University, which houses the literary papers of many leading writers--including several of the "Literary Outlaws."

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