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Navigating the Fiction of Ernest J. Gaines - A Roadmap for Readers (Paperback)
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Navigating the Fiction of Ernest J. Gaines - A Roadmap for Readers (Paperback)
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One of the South's most revered writers, Ernest J. Gaines attracts
both popular and academic audiences. Gaines's unique literary
style, depiction of the African American experience, and
celebration of the rural South's oral tradition have brought him
critical praise and numerous accolades, including a MacArthur
Fellowship, a National Humanities Medal, and a National Book
Critics Circle Award for his novel A Lesson before Dying. In this
welcome guide to Gaines's fiction, Keith Clark offers insightful
analyses of his novels and short stories. Clark's close readings
elucidate Gaines's more acclaimed works- including The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Gathering of Old Men-
while also introducing lesserA -known but masterfully crafted
pieces, such as the story ""Three Men"" and the civil rights novel
In My Father's House. Gaines's most recent work, The Tragedy of
Brady Sims, receives here one of its first critical examinations.
Clark shows how the themes of Gaines's literary oeuvre, produced
over the past fifty years, dovetail with issues reverberating in
twenty-A first-A century America: race and the criminal justice
system; black masculinity; the environment; the enduring impact of
slavery; black southern women's voices; and blacks' and whites'
interpretation of history. In addition to textual discussions, the
book includes an interview Clark conducted with Gaines at the
writer's home in New Roads, Louisiana, in 2014, further
illuminating the inner workings and personality of this eminent
literary artist.
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