Ernest J. Gaines: Conversations

Author:   Marcia Gaudet
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
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9781496822178


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 March 2019
Format:   Hardback
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As the acclaimed author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines (b. 1933) has been publishing stories and novels for more than sixty years. His brilliant portrayals of race, community, and culture in rural south Louisiana have made him one of the most respected and beloved living American writers. Ernest J. Gaines: Conversations brings together the author's own thoughts and words in interviews that range from 1994 to 2017, discussing his life, his work, and his literary legacy. The interviews cover all of Gaines's works, including his two latest books, Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays (2005) and The Tragedy of Brady Sims (2017). The book provides a retrospective of his work from the viewpoint of a senior writer, now eighty-five years old, and gives an important international perspective on Gaines and his work. Among the many things Gaines discusses in his interviews are the recurrent themes in his works: the search for manhood, the importance of personal responsibility and standing with dignity, the problems of fathers and sons, and the challenges of race and racism in America. He examines his fictional world and his strong sense of place, his role as teacher and mentor, the importance of strong women in his life, and the influence of spirituality, religion, and music on his work. He also talks about storytelling, the nature of narrative, writing as a journey, and how he sees himself as a storyteller.

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Author:   Marcia Gaudet
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
Imprint:   University Press of Mississippi
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.502kg
ISBN:  

9781496822178


ISBN 10:   149682217
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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"[Ernest J. Gaines: Conversations] becomes crucial to situating Gaines alongside. . . Toni Morrison as indispensable to understanding African American literary tradition and the shaping of an increasingly diverse contemporary U.S. literary landscape.--Terrence Tucker, University of Memphis ""American Literary History Online Review, Series XXVI"""


[Ernest J. Gaines: Conversations] becomes crucial to situating Gaines alongside. . . Toni Morrison as indispensable to understanding African American literary tradition and the shaping of an increasingly diverse contemporary U.S. literary landscape.--Terrence Tucker, University of Memphis American Literary History Online Review, Series XXVI


[Ernest J. Gaines: Conversations] becomes crucial to situating Gaines alongside. . . Toni Morrison as indispensable to understanding African American literary tradition and the shaping of an increasingly diverse contemporary U.S. literary landscape.--Terrence Tucker, University of Memphis ""American Literary History Online Review, Series XXVI""


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Marcia Gaudet is professor emerita of English at University of Louisiana at Lafayette and founding director of the Ernest J. Gaines Center. She is a Fellow of the American Folklore Society; author of Carville: Remembering Leprosy in America; and coeditor of Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita and Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco: Readings in Louisiana Culture, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

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