
Jesse Stuart
Essays on His Work
The University Press of Kentucky
Published on 15. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-8131-5341-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 writing.
H. Edward Richardson offers us a glimpse of Jesse Stuart at home, freely and earnestly discussing his work and relating it to the scenes about him. This essay forms a background for the other contributors' discussions of Stuart's humor, his use of folklore, and his persistent agrarian point of view. This, the first collection of all new critical essays on Stuart's writings, succeeds admirably in what criticism is supposed to do-making more accessible the important work of a significant writer.
H. Edward Richardson offers us a glimpse of Jesse Stuart at home, freely and earnestly discussing his work and relating it to the scenes about him. This essay forms a background for the other contributors' discussions of Stuart's humor, his use of folklore, and his persistent agrarian point of view. This, the first collection of all new critical essays on Stuart's writings, succeeds admirably in what criticism is supposed to do-making more accessible the important work of a significant writer.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lexington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8131-5341-4 (9780813153414)
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Persons
J. R. LeMaster is director of the American Studies Program at Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Mary Washington Clarke is emeritus professor of English and folklore, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green.
Mary Washington Clarke is emeritus professor of English and folklore, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green.