Shelby Foote, novelist and historian / Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Robert L., Jr. (Robert LeRoy), 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical fiction, American--History and criticism.

Historical fiction, American.

Southern States--In literature.

Southern States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Historiography.

United States.

Southern States--Historiography.

Foote, Shelby--Criticism and interpretation.

Foote, Shelby.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

Print-on-Demand ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Called the greatest Civil War historian, Shelby Foote began his career as a novelist whose powerful works of fiction rose out of his closeness to life and culture in his native region, the Mississippi Delta country. Later in his career he transformed modern historical prose by his keen sense of the novel. His artistic distance from the elements of regionalism that lie at the heart both of his novels and of his history writing gives his prose great narrative force. This perceptive study fills the genuine need for a sound critical appreciation of Foote the novelist. After he appeared as a sage c

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter I. The Wilds of the English Language; Chapter II. Tournament and Shiloh; Chapter III. A Jordan County Trilogy; Chapter IV. Form and The Civil War: A Narrative; Chapter V. September September; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-27510-4

9786613275103

1-60473-666-6

OCLC:

755415626