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03588aam a2200433 i 4500 001 9A0F022CA55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 003 SILO 005 20200603010033 008 191101s2020 lau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019040507 020 $a 0807171042 020 $a 9780807171042 035 $a (OCoLC)1122798571 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usu-- 050 00 $a PS3557.A355 $b Z63 2020 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Clark, Keith, $d 1963- $e author. 245 10 $a Navigating the fiction of Ernest J. Gaines : $b a roadmap for readers / $c Keith Clark. 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xii, 259 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Louisiana author of the masterworks "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (1971) and "A Lesson before Dying" (1993), Ernest J. Gaines has garnered a fair amount of scholarly attention and much popular success. However, book-length studies devoted solely to his fiction are incommensurate with his prodigious output of seven novels and a collection of short stories. In "Navigating the Fiction of Ernest J. Gaines: A Roadmap for Readers," Keith Clark presents a sustained, nuanced, and original exploration of his fiction that is accessible to non-academic readers and enlightening to scholars, the former audience having maintained a steadfast interest in Gaines's work for over a half a century. The book's core concerns include: how southern blacks and whites continue to wrestle with their tortured history; the chronic and traumatic impact of slavery far beyond its end; the unique physical, psychological, and legal challenges facing southern black men; and Gaines's innovative depictions of black southern women beyond their rather monolithic representations in works by previous southern male authors. Clark greatly benefitted by having access to Gaines in the course of writing his book, and he includes an interview with the writer done in 2014. This welcome, comprehensive guide to the corpus of Gaines's fiction will vivify a great writer's works for readers and fans of all levels"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Sugarcane, Railroad Cars, Prisons, Peoples: Dominant Themes and Topics -- Catherine Carmier -- Of Love and Dust -- Bloodline -- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman -- In My Father's House -- A Gathering of Old Men -- A Lesson before Dying -- The Tragedy of Brady Sims -- Conclusion: Still Driven: Ernest J. Gaines in the Twenty-first Century -- Appendix: An Interview with Ernest J. Gaines. 600 10 $a Gaines, Ernest J., $d 1933-2019 $x Criticism and interpretation. 651 0 $a Southern States $x In literature. 650 0 $a African Americans in literature. 650 0 $a African Americans $z Southern States $x Social conditions. 650 7 $a African Americans in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799727 650 7 $a African Americans $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799698 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 651 7 $a Southern States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244550 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Clark, Keith, $t Navigating the fiction of Ernest J. Gaines $d Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020] $z 9780807173381 $w (DLC) 2019040508 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200603011903.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9A0F022CA55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search