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The literature of North Carolina, USA, includes fiction, poetry, and varieties of nonfiction. Representative authors include playwright Paul Green, short-story writer O. Henry, and novelist Thomas Wolfe.^[1]

History

See Scottish Gaelic literature, Iain mac Mhurchaidh

A printing press began operating in New Bern, at the time North Carolina's capital, in 1749.^[2]

"The first book published by a black in the South was The Hope of Liberty (1829), which contained poems decrying the slaves' condition, by George Moses Horton of North Carolina."^[3] Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) "details events of slave life in Edenton" in her 1861 autobiographical Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.^[4]

Organizations

The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association began in 1900 in Raleigh,^[5] and the North Carolina Poetry Society in 1932 in Charlotte.^[6] The North Carolina Writers' Network formed in 1985,^[7] and the Winston-Salem Writers group in 2005.^[8]

North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame

The "North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame" (est.1996) resides in the James Boyd House in the town of Southern Pines. Inductees:^[9]^[10]

Awards and events

In 1948 Arthur Talmage Abernethy became the first North Carolina Poet Laureate.^[11]

References

^ Sally Buckner (Fall 2009), "North Carolina Literature", Tar Heel Junior Historian, Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, North Carolina Museum of History – via NCpedia
^ Lawrence C. Wroth (1938), "Diffusion of Printing", The Colonial Printer, Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive (Fulltext)
^ Charles Reagan Wilson; William Ferris, eds. (1989). "Antebellum Era". Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807818232 – via Documenting the American South.
^ Emory Elliott, ed. (1991). Columbia History of the American Novel. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-07360-8.
^ "History and Mission". North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ "History". North Carolina Poetry Society. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ "About Us: History". North Carolina Writers' Network. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ "Who We Are". Winston-Salem Writers. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ "About the NCLHOF". North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ "Inductees". Retrieved 20 August 2017.
^ "Past Poet Laureates". North Carolina Poet Laureate. Raleigh: North Carolina Arts Council. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

Bibliography

Lucian Lamar Knight, ed. (1913). "Fifty Reading Courses: North Carolina". Library of Southern Literature. Vol. 16. Atlanta: Martin and Hoyt Company. p. 204+. hdl:2027/uc1.31175034925258 – via HathiTrust.
Library, North Carolina State (1919), "Bibliography of North Carolina", Biennial Report of the State Librarian of North Carolina, pp. 23–80. (Works by North Carolinans or related to the state)
Elsie Dershem (1921). "North Carolina". Outline of American State Literature. Lawrence, Kansas: World Company – via Internet Archive.
Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "The Arts: Literature". North Carolina: a Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 107–111.
G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about North Carolina literature)
Joseph M. Flora; Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan, eds. (2001). "Literature of North Carolina". Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs. Louisiana State University Press. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-8071-2692-9.
William L. Andrews, ed. (2006). North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An Anthology. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-2994-3.. (Includes examples of work by Charles W. Chesnutt, Anna J. Cooper, George Moses Horton, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Moses Roper, David Walker)
Sally Buckner (Fall 2009), "North Carolina Literature", Tar Heel Junior Historian, Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, North Carolina Museum of History – via NCpedia
Anne Bridges; Russell Clement; Ken Wise (2014). "Literature of the Great Smoky Mountains". Terra Incognita: an Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. pp. 223–262. ISBN 978-1-62190-014-6.

External links

"North Carolina Literary Map". University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Connecting the lives and creative work of authors to real (and imaginary) geographic locations
"North Carolina: Arts and Entertainment: Literature". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
United for Libraries (27 February 2009). "Literary Landmarks by State: North Carolina". Chicago: American Library Association.

[1] Sally Buckner (Fall 2009), "North Carolina Literature", Tar Heel Junior Historian, Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, North Carolina Museum of History – via NCpedia

[wroth1938-2] Lawrence C. Wroth (1938), "Diffusion of Printing", The Colonial Printer, Portland, Maine: Southworth-Anthoensen Press – via Internet Archive (Fulltext)

[3] Charles Reagan Wilson; William Ferris, eds. (1989). "Antebellum Era". Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807818232 – via Documenting the American South.

[4] Emory Elliott, ed. (1991). Columbia History of the American Novel. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-07360-8.

[5] "History and Mission". North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[6] "History". North Carolina Poetry Society. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[7] "About Us: History". North Carolina Writers' Network. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[8] "Who We Are". Winston-Salem Writers. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[9] "About the NCLHOF". North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[10] "Inductees". Retrieved 20 August 2017.

[Laureate-11] "Past Poet Laureates". North Carolina Poet Laureate. Raleigh: North Carolina Arts Council. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

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