Pat Conroy A Critical Companion

Name: Pat Conroy A Critical Companion
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ISBN: 9780313294198

ISBN-10: 0313294194

ISBN-13: 9780313294198

Edition: 1996

Authors: Landon C. Burns

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No one who has read Pat Conroy's novels of family wounds and healing can fail to be moved by their emotional appeal. But Conroy is also a major contemporary American novelist who follows in the tradition of Southern fiction established by William Faulkner and Thomas Wolfe. This companion is the first book-length study of his work. It explores the recurring motifs in his fiction and his special writing talents as a prose stylist of uncommon distinction. A separate chapter for The Boo and The Water is Wide and each novel-- The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, and his most recent, Beach Music--provides a detailed analysis of the books and the common threads that…

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List price: $57.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/28/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Series Foreword


Acknowledgments


The Life of Pat Conroy


Genres


The Boo (1970) and The Water Is Wide (1972)


The Great Santini (1976)


The Lords of Discipline (1980)


The Prince of Tides (1986)


Beach Music (1995)


Bibliography


Index