Understanding Larry McMurtry Steven Frye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frye, Steven, author.

Series:

Understanding contemporary American literature.

Understanding contemporary American literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McMurtry, Larry--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Columbia : The University of South Carolina Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove and his Academy Award-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain, Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. In Understanding Larry McMurtry, Steven Frye considers a broad range of McMurtry's most important novels and offers detailed textual analyses of works such as Horseman, Pass By, The Last Picture Show, Moving On, and Lonesome Dove to reveal the manner in which McMurtry engages the human condition. Characters are at the heart of McMurtry's fiction, whether they are nineteenth- or twentieth-century ranchers, modern rodeo men, or women grappling with the angst and confusion of life in the suburbs of Houston. He has created characters rich in texture, such as Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, to encourage an understanding of the persistent force of American mythology, but also to transcend type so that they emerge as quintessentially human figures grappling with circumstances beyond their control. McMurtry portrays with depth and insight the conundrums of the modern moment and its relation to heritage, and he deals as well with the intensities of the human mind as it negotiates with a complex and sometimes indifferent world. In Understanding Larry McMurtry, Frye offers a comprehensive treatment of one of the most important living authors, one who has emerged as a central figure in a rich and compelling contemporary canon."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

UNDERSTANDING LARRY McMURTRY

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

Series Editor's Preface

Chapter 1 Understanding Larry McMurtry

Chapter 2 The Early Works

Chapter 3 The Thalia Novels

Chapter 4 The Houston Trilogy

Chapter 5 The Lonesome Dove Saga

Chapter 6 Other Works

Epilogue

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

964624757