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''Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories'' is a 1973 collection of short stories by Doris Betts.〔Betts, Doris (1973). ''Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories.'' Harper & Row Publishers ISBN 9780060103217〕 The collection was nominated for a 1974 National Book Award.〔Hovis, George (2007). ''Vale of Humility: Plain Folk in Contemporary North Carolina Fiction.'' University of South Carolina Press, ISBN 9781570036965〕 The story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" was adapted into the short film “Violet,” which won Best Live Action Short at the 54th Academy Awards.〔Vitello, Paul (April 24, 2012). (Doris Betts, Novelist in Southern Tradition, Dies at 79. ) ''New York Times''〕 It was later adapted into the musical Violet. The title story "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was originally published in ''The Carolina Quarterly'' in 1973.〔Staff report (May 2, 2012). (Remembering Doris Betts (1932-2012). ) ''The Carolina Quarterly''〕 The title derives from the William Blake poem "The Little Black Boy." It is about an unhappily married woman named Carol who fantasizes she has been chosen as a concubine by Sam Porter, the provost of New African University.〔Magee, Rosemary M. (1992). ''Friendship and Sympathy: Communities of Southern Women Writers.'' University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 9780878055456〕 ==Stories== *The Ugliest Pilgrim *Hitchiker *The Mother-in-Law *Beasts of the Southern Wild *Burning the Bed *Still Life with Fruit *The Glory of his Nostrils *The Spider Gardens of Madagascar *Benson Watts is Dead and in Virginia 〔Russell, Joseph (2013). Is this what you expected? Lulu Press Enterprises, Inc. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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