Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)
Appalachia has struggled under a spell of disenchantment cast by books such as J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy. New works of speculative fiction resist this critique by social elites, re-enchanting Appalachian landscapes and people through Pagan themes of nature spirituality, fey beings, and magic. We will look at two novels and a serialized horror podcast to examine the important role of speculative fiction in re-enchanting both landscape and regional identity in a Pagan mode.
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