Experimentation And Versatility: The Early Novels And Short Fiction Of Fred Chappell (H681/Mrc) (Hardcover)

Experimentation and Versatility considers Chappell's first four novels and his short fiction-the novels chronologically and the short stories thematically-in order to demonstrate the unique range and importance of his fictional prose. Rather than inserting Chappell's fictional variables into a single theoretical formula, Clabough traces and celebrates their various and multifaceted excursions into genres as disparate as Appalachian pastoralism and experimental science fiction. Containing both an interview with Chappell and a previously unpublished short story, Experimentation and Versatility also offers new primary sources on Chappell's work, even as it contextualizes him as one of our most exciting and multi-talented contemporary writers. Investigating the complexities of Chappell's work, Clabough's study offers new ways of considering Chappell, who has been characterized variously as a Appalachian, Southern, and fantasy writer. However, as Clabough demonstrates, he is, in fact, all and none of these things-a writer of immense gifts constantly reinventing himself through his experiments in seemingly disparate genres.

General

Imprint:	Mercer University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	June 2005
Dimensions:	236 x 365 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-0-86554-945-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-86554-945-1
Barcode:	9780865549456

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