LEADER 04104nam 2200481 450 001 9910819086603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61117-930-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000007186915 035 $a(OCoLC)1037884303 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse68779 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5606504 035 $a(OCoLC)1078569745 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5606504 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007186915 100 $a20190104d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnderstanding Jim Grimsley /$fDavid Deutsch 210 1$aColumbia, South Carolina :$cThe University of South Carolina Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (153 pages) 225 1 $aUnderstanding contemporary American literature 311 $a1-61117-929-7 327 $aUnderstanding Jim Grimsley -- The Tote-Crell Narratives -- Dream Boy -- Cities and Suburbs -- Fantasy and Science Fiction. 330 $a"In Understanding Jim Grimsley, David Deutsch offers the first book-length study of Grimsley's diverse work and argues for his vital role in shaping the contemporary queer American literary scene. Deutsch helps readers navigate the intricacies of Grimsley's influential drama, fiction, and fantasy science fiction--including his most popular novel, Dream Boy--by weaving together discussions of common themes. Placing Grimsley's plays, novels, and short stories in conversation with one another, Deutsch reveals Grimsley's development throughout a career in which he has investigated hope and hardship, youth and maturity, experimentation and convention. Deutsch also provides vital historical and cultural contexts for understanding how Grimsley engages, expands, and challenges literary and theatrical traditions"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Since the early 1980's, Jim Grimsley has received increasing acclaim for his achievements in a variety of dramatic and literary genres. Through his novels, plays, and short stories, Grimsley portrays an unrelenting search for happiness and interrogates themes of corruption, technology, poverty, domestic abuse, sexuality, and faith in the contemporary United States. Through unique characters and a multitude of forms, the award-winning author explores the complexities of southern culture, his own troubled childhood, and larger pieces of the human experience. In Understanding Jim Grimsley, David Deutsch offers the first book-length study of Grimsley's diverse work and argues for his vital role in shaping the contemporary queer American literary scene. Deutsch helps readers navigate the intricacies of Grimsley's influential drama, fiction, and fantasy science fiction -- including his most popular novel, Dream Boy -- by weaving together discussions of common themes. Placing Grimsley's plays, novels, and short stories in conversation with one another, Deutsch reveals Grimsley's development throughout a career in which he has investigated hope and hardship, youth and maturity, experimentation and convention. Deutsch also provides vital historical and cultural contexts for understanding how Grimsley engages, expands, and challenges literary and theatrical traditions. Deutsch demonstrates a deep, critical understanding of Grimsley's hard-earned, pragmatic optimism. Intertwining Grimsley's major fiction and plays and contextualizing these within a broader American landscape, this volume brings his work more completely into the conversation on southern queer literature."--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aUnderstanding contemporary American literature. 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Gay & Lesbian$2bisacsh 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / Gay & Lesbian. 676 $a813/.54 686 $aLIT004160$2bisacsh 700 $aDeutsch$b David$c(Professor of English),$061253 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819086603321 996 $aUnderstanding Jim Grimsley$94108387 997 $aUNINA