Ernest J. Gaines : a critical companion /

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Author / Creator:Carmean, Karen.
Imprint:Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, ©1998.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 167 pages).
Language:English
Series:Critical companions to popular contemporary writers, 1082-4979
Critical companions to popular contemporary writers.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129842
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ISBN:0313317259
9780313317255
9780313302862
0313302863
0313302863
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index.
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Summary:Drawing on his Louisiana past, Ernest J. Gaines creates a fictional world representative of the human experience. His work explores both the complex racial relationships so much a part of Southern history and culture, and the unwritten and unspoken conventions of caste and class. Often structured around journeys of discovery, Gaines' works affirm the integrity of the individual and the unequivocal place in American life for Americans of African descent. This study offers a clear, accessible reading of Gaines' fiction. It analyzes in turn all of Gaines' novels from Catherine Carmier (1964) to A Lesson Before Dying (1994), as well as his collection of short stories, Bloodline (1968). A complete bibliography of Gaines' fiction, as well as selected reviews and criticism, completes the study.
Other form:Print version: Carmean, Karen. Ernest J. Gaines. Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, ©1998 0313302863