Jesse Stuart [electronic resource] : Essays on His Work / J.R. LeMaster & Mary Washington Clarke, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, Mary Washington.

LeMaster, J. R., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kentucky--In literature.

Kentucky.

Kentucky--Intellectual life--20th century.

Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984--Criticism and interpretation.

Stuart, Jesse.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

J. R. LeMaster and Mary Washington Clarke have here assembled a distinguished collection of essays on the works of Jesse Stuart. A prolific writer, Stuart is at home in many different genres; his poetry, his short stories, his novels, and his autobiographical writings are widely known, and his books for children have enjoyed great popularity. Despite the variety of his work and despite the diversity of the ten essayists' points of view, there emerges from this volume a consistent view of a man whose close contact with the land and the people of his region has produced a distinctive body of wri

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; STUART COUNTRY: THE MAN-ARTIST AND THE MYTH; JESSE STUART'S POETRY AS FUGITIVE-AGRARIAN SYNTHESIS; THE SHORT STORIES OF JESSE STUART; DUALISM IN STUART'S TREES OF HEAVEN; JESSE STUART, REGIONAL NOVELIST; HUMOR IN JESSE STUART'S FICTION; THE GIFT OUTRIGHT: W-HOLLOW; JESSE STUART'S USE OF FOLKLORE; JESSE STUART'S EDUCATIONAL SAGA AS HUMANISTIC AFFIRMATION; BOOKS FOR CHILDREN BY JESSE STUART; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6366-8

OCLC:

622246420