Kaye Gibbons A Critical Companion Demarr Mary Jean 1932 by Demarr, Mary Jean, 1932- instant download after payment.

1 online resource (xi, 156 pages), Born to a tobacco farmer in rural North Carolina, Kaye Gibbons found her literary voice by speaking through the strong southern women who inhabit her novels. While concentrating on the places and people she knows well, Gibbons has managed to speak for people who struggle to find their own place, wherever they are, and her books have reached a worldwide audience. Whether for students assigned to read Ellen Foster or for lovers of literature, this companion--the first and only book-length study of its kind--provides insights and interpretations that will help readers enjoy and better appreciate th, Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index, Series Foreword; 1. Kaye Gibbons: Life and Works; 2. Genres and Patterns; 3. Ellen Foster (1987); 4. A Virtuous Woman (1989); 5. A Cure for Dreams (1991); 6. Charms for the Easy Life (1993); 7. Sights Unseen (1995); 8. On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon (1998); Bibliography; Index, Print version record, Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized 2010