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Contents:
About this volume / Mildred R. Mickle -- Biographical sketch : James McBride / Mildred R. Mickle -- On James McBride / Mildred R. Mickle -- James McBride's The Good Lord Bird : a pluralist approach / Robert C. Evans -- The critique of history in James McBride's works / Mildred R. Mickle -- On a forgotten front : James McBride's Miracle at St. Anna and the fiction of the Italian Campaign of World War II / Martin Kich -- Reading James McBride : a literature review of secondary sources about James McBride and his writings / Martin Kich -- James McBride's The Color of Water : some reasons for its popularity / Robert C. Evans -- The color of still waters : McBride, Obama, and the fierce urgency of the new now / Tahirah Duncan Walker -- Superstition's role in shaping identity throughout history and the film adaptation of James McBride's Miracle at St. Anna / Brianna Toth -- Learning the code : a deconstruction of archetypes of oppression, transformation, and freedom in James McBride's Song Yet Sung / Abandon Shuman -- James McBride on The Good Lord Bird : evidence from interviews / Robert C. Evans -- James McBride's The Good Lord Bird : assessments by early reviewers / Kelley Jeans -- James McBride's The Good Lord Bird and the peculiar legacies of Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner / Justin Mellette -- Unlikely witnesses to convulsive and consternating history : the narrators of James McBride's The Good Lord Bird and Thomas Berger's Little Big Man / Martin Kich -- James McBride and James Brown : the varied appeal of Kill 'Em and Leave / Johnathon T. Lawrence -- James McBride's short fiction : "Father Abe" / Liyang Dong and Tana Jackson Shealey.
Summary:
This volume provides critical analysis and close readings of the varied works of James McBride, including his memoir The Color of Water and his National Book Award winning novel The Good Lord Bird, among other works. The themes covered include: historical ties to World War II; the Civil War; his family relationships and unique upbringing.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.