Information Sources for Tennessee Literature:
A Bibliography

Anthologies | Bibliography | Biography | Internet

Anthologies:

• Allen, Patrick, ed. Literary Nashville.  Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, 1999.
• Burton, Linda. "An Anthology of Tennessee Short Fiction." Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1981.
• ___, ed. Stories from Tennessee. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1983.
• Ivie, Doris, and Leslie M. LaChance, eds.  Breathing the Same Air: An East Tennessee Anthology. Knoxville, TN: Celtic Cat Publishing, 2001.
• McDonald, Jeanne, ed.  Voices from the Valley: An Anthology of Knoxville Writers.  Knoxville, TN: Knoxville Writers' Guild, 1994.
• Parsons, Linda, and Candance W. Reaves, eds. All around Us: Poems from the Valley. Greenville, SC: Blue Ridge Publishing, 1996.
• Paschall, Douglas, and Alice Swanson, eds. Homewords: A Book of Tennessee Writers. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1986.
• Steele, Frank Pettus.  "Modern Tennessee Poetry: A Critical Anthology."  Ed.D., University of Tennessee, 1968.
• A Tennessee Landscape, People, and Places: 1996 Tennessee Writers Alliance Anthology. Franklin, TN: Cool Springs Press, 1996.
• Tickle, Phyllis, and Alice Swanson, eds. Homeworks: A Book of Tennessee Writers. Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Arts Commission and the University of Tennessee Press, 1996.

Bibliography:

• Allen, Ronald R. Tennessee Books: A Preliminary Guide. Knoxville, 1969.
• ___. Some Tennessee Rarities. Knoxville, TN: Privately Printed, 1973.
• ___. Tennesseana : A Value Guide to Scarce and Rare Books Relating to Tennessee and Tennesseans. Knoxville: Privately printed, 1979.
• Ballentine, Nelle. "A Bibliographical Checklist of Knoxville and Memphis Imprints, 1867-1876, with an Introductory Essay on the Knoxville and Memphis Press." M.S., University of Tennessee, 1957.
• Cohen, Scott, and Marion Smothers. Tennessee : A Dissertation Bibliography. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1979.
• Harkness, David James. Tennessee in Literature, The University of Tennessee News Letter, 28, No.11. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee, 1949.
• ___. Tennessee in Recent Books, Music, and Drama. Knoxvillle, TN: Division of University Extension University of Tennessee, 1950.
• ___. Famous Women of Tennessee and Literary Landmarks of the Volunteer State. Edited by Tennessee, University and Extension Division of University, The University of Tennessee News Letter, V. 30, No. 11. Knoxville, TN: Divison of University Extension University of Tennessee, 1951.
• McClary, Ben Harris. Our Literary Heritage: A Guide for Tennessee in Literature. Athens, TN: Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1962.
• McClung, Calvin Morgan, Laura Elizabeth Luttrell, and Mary U. Rothrock. Calvin Morgan Mcclung Historical Collection of Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Pictures and Maps Relating to Early Western Travel and the History and Genealogy of Tennessee and Other Southern States. Knoxville, TN: Knoxville Lithographing, 1921.
• McMurtrie, Douglas C. Early Printing in Tennessee, with a Bibliography of the Issues of the Tennessee Press, 1793-1830. Chicago: Chicago Club of Printing House Craftsmen, 1933.
• Mertins, Barbara. Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Reading for Young People. Chicago: American Library Association, 1985.
• Millirons, Martha Woolbright. "A Bibliographical Checklist of Tennessee Imprints in Small Towns, 1867-1876, with an Introductory Essay, an Inquiry into Reconstruction Publications of Village Tennessee, 1867-1876." M.A., University of Tennessee, 1965.
• Mitchell, Eleanor Drake. A Preliminary Checklist of Tennessee Imprints, 1861-1866. Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1953.
• Ray, Frank Joe. "Tennessee Writers: A Bibliographic Index." M.A., University of Tennessee, 1929.
• Tennessee Imprints, 1851-1860. [Washington, D.C.,: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service n.d.].

Biography & History:

• Harkness, David James. Tennessee and Virginia: The Mountain Empire. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee, 1970.
• McMillan, Samuel. The Poet in His World: Twelve in Tennessee. Martin, TN: Tennessee Poetry Press, 1968.
• Tennessee Council of Teachers of English. Poets in Tennessee: Fifteen Biographical Notes. Martin, TN: University of Tennessee at Martin, 1969.
  
• Warren, John William, and Adrian W. McClaren. Tennessee Belles-Lettres: A Guide to Tennessee Literature. Morristown, TN: Morrison Printing, 1977.
• Willbanks, Ray, ed. Literature of Tennessee. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1984.
• Young, Thomas Daniel. Tennessee Writers. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1981.

Internet Sites:

• Middleton, Ken. Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography. Murfreesboro: Middle Tennessee State University Library, 2000.
• Moore, Earlene J. Remembering Black Writers Associated with Tennessee: A Representative Bibliography. Martin, TN: Paul Meek Library, University of Tennesse at Martin, 2000.
• Tennessee Authors of Adult Fiction, Poetry & Drama: 1970s - Present. Nashville: Tennessee State Library & Archives.
• "Writers of Tennessee." In Tennessee: A Guide to the State. [Federal Writers Project.] Nashville: The State of Tennessee, Department of Conservation, Division of Information, 1939.