Violent Conscience

Leonard Engel, a professor of English at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, is the editor of several essay collections and the author of numerous articles.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      IntroductionLEONARD ENGEL      1. The Struggles of Southern Identity in White Doves at MorningBRAD KLYPCHAK      2. “I Took No Joy in It”: Southern Violence and Folk Justice in the Robicheaux NovelsPATRICIA GAITELY      3. Soldiering On: Dave Robicheaux and VietnamDONALD ANDERSON      4. “Jesus Out to Sea”: Burke’s Homage to Those Left Behind in the War ZoneBARBARA ZIMMERMAN BOGUE      5. Ghosts, Demons, or the DTs? The Supernatural in the Robicheaux SeriesLINDA J. HOLLAND-TOLL      6. Believe Not Every Spirit: Strange Shadows in the NovelsBRETT WESTBROOK      7. Water, Water Everywhere: Elemental Poetics and Politics in The Tin Roof BlowdownJOSIANE PELTIER      8. The Entangled Web: Heaven’s Prisoners in Manichean PrisonsSAM COALE      9. The Past Is the Past: Refusing to Age Gracefully in the Robicheaux SeriesTHOMAS EASTERLING      10. The Evil That Men Do: Options for MasculinityBRETT WESTBROOK      11. Cimarron Rose: Guns and Roses in the WestJOHN M. GOURLIE      12. Robicheaux’s Sublime Torment on Film: Phil Joanou’s Heaven’s Prisoners (1996) and Bertrand Tavernier’s In the Electric Mist (2009)DENNIS ROTHERMEL      Interview with James Lee BurkeLEONARD ENGEL      About the Contributors      Index      .

“a fine collection of essays...a fascinating interview with Burke”—Western American Literature; “Burke still doesn’t get as much mainstream attention as he deserves. Engel’s collection goes a long way toward removing this vacuum and brings careful analysis and thoughtful insight into the work of a writer respected and admired by many”—Southwestern American Literature.