Associate Professor of English
English Department Chair
Director, M.A. in English
Experience
2001-present, Lynchburg College
Education
B.A., English
The College of William and MaryPh.D. and M.A., English
University of South Carolina
Professional/Research Interests
Books
Creative Nonfiction
The Warrior's Path: Reflections Along an Ancient Route
Scholarly
Elements: The Novels of James Dickey
Experimentation and Versatility: The Early Novels and Short Fiction of Fred Chappell
The Art of the Magic Striptease: The Literary Layers of George Garrett
Gayl Jones: The Language of Voice and Freedom in Her Writings
Selected Work in Periodicals and Books
"The Shadow Over Lynchburg, or The Case of Dr. Harry Felwealth" (After Dark: A Collection of Haunting Tales [Diversion, 2010])
"Writing One's Immortality: James Dickey's Reputation as a Southern Writer" (The Way We Read James Dickey [University of South Carolina Press, 2009])
"Auswanderung" (ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 15.2 (Summer 2008): 211-228)
"Toward Feminine Mythopoetic Visions: The Poetry of Gayl Jones"
(African American Review 41.1 [Spring 2007])
"The Imagined South"
(Sewanee Review 115.2 [Spring 2007])
"The Truths of William Hoffman's Fiction, New and Old"
(Shenandoah 57.1 [Spring 2007])
"'Out of Space, Out of Time': The Virginia Novels of Julian Green"
(Hollins Critic 43.5 [December 2006])
"'Toward an All-Inclusive Structure': The Early Fiction of Gayl Jones"
(Callaloo 29.2 [Spring 2006])
"George Garrett's South: A Literary Image"
(Virginia Quarterly Review 82.2 [Spring 2006])
"Afrocentric Recolonizations: Gayl Jones's 1990s Fiction"
(Contemporary Literature 46.2 [Summer 2005])
"Appropriations of History, Gothicism, and Cthulhu: Fred Chappell's Dagon"
(Mosaic: A Journal of the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature 36.3 [September 2003])
Editorial Work
Literature Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia
Fellowships
Institute for Southern Studies, University of South Carolina
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Harrison Institute, University of Virginia
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (Mednick)
Information on Courses Taught
American literature, Virginia Literature, Southern Literature, Appalachian Literature, African American Literature, Literature and Culture, Creative Writing (fiction and nonfiction), Principles of Literary Scholarship, Literary Theory
Personal Information
Author Biography, Gale Literature Resource Center (LC Access Only)
Contact
clabough@lynchburg.edu; 434/544-8732