The literary significance of dead mules

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The literary significance of dead mules

If it’s true southern American 20th-century literature, a mule has to die – fictionally, of courseJerry Leath Mills reigns as the unchallenged authority on the subject of dead mules in 20th-century American southern literature. Professor Mills established his reputation – almost instantly – in 1996, with the publication of a long essay called Equine Gothic: The Dead Mule as Generic Signifier in Southern Literature of the Twentieth Century.