West Virginia sterotypes in literature.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Edward Bryant Manuscript
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2678
Overview
Holographic draft of a play by Edward Bryant, entitled "Scenario" written ca.1895-1900. Set in the West Virginia coalfields, the plot of the drama involves mysterious murders and triangular love affairs. The significance of the play to West Virginia history is the comment the writing makes on turn of the century attitudes of a New York playwright regarding life in West Virginia. West Virginia men are depicted as brutal, lawless, and uncivilized, and West Virginia women as crude and...
Dates:
ca. 1895-1900