Understanding Jane Smiley /

"In this comprehensive study of Jane Smiley's fiction, Neil Nakadate offers insight into the strikingly imaginative and intellectual range of a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer best known for A Thousand Acres. He provides close readings - from the early Barn Blind to The All-True Travels and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nakadate, Neil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Columbia] : University of South Carolina Press, ©1999.
Colección:Understanding contemporary American literature.
Temas:
Smiley, Jane > Criticism and interpretation.
Smiley, Jane > Critique et interprétation.
Smiley, Jane.
1900-1999
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Women and literature.
American Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In this comprehensive study of Jane Smiley's fiction, Neil Nakadate offers insight into the strikingly imaginative and intellectual range of a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer best known for A Thousand Acres. He provides close readings - from the early Barn Blind to The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton - and presents the first extended account of the connections between her life and her work." "Drawing on the critical record, previously unpublished interviews with the novelist, and Smiley's own prolific commentary on literature, writing, and American culture, Nakadate examines her intellectual interests, social and philosophical concerns, and penchant for taking up different creative challenges with successive books. He traces the ongoing themes of her work, including those of family, environmental integrity, social institutions, economic and political dynamics, and the efforts of women to recover their identities in an often harsh and unreceptive world. Nakadate finds that Smiley's work has been influenced by her attention to the issues and interactions of family life but also owes much to a critical intelligence that ranges adventurously across topics and disciplines."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index.
ISBN:0585321817
9780585321813

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