Understanding Jane Smiley
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Understanding Contemporary American Literature
ISBN-10
1570038589
ISBN-13
9781570038587
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Imprint
University of South Carolina Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 18th, 2010
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
315 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 17.10 x 2.10 cms
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A book-length study of Jane Smiley. It offers a comprehensive survey of the author's literary career in relation to her social, intellectual, and creative convictions. It examines her key essays and nonfiction as a means of adding an additional perspective on her novels.
This book offers an insightful introduction to the strikingly imaginative range of a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. This fully updated edition of the only book-length study of Jane Smiley serves as a comprehensive survey of the innovative author''s literary career in relation to her social, intellectual, and creative convictions. Neil Nakadate''s study is organized around close readings of Smiley''s major fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ""A Thousand Acres"". Nakadate also examines her key essays and nonfiction as a means of adding an additional perspective on her novels. The volume''s updated biographical material benefits from an unpublished interview conducted with Smiley in 2008, and the citations and extensive bibliography have also been updated, making this new edition an ideal point of entrance for readers eager to understand Smiley''s complete body of work.
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