LEADER 04690oam 2200757 a 450 001 9910973994503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400655647 010 $a9786610708383 010 $a9781280708381 010 $a1280708387 010 $a9780313007286 010 $a0313007284 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400655647 035 $a(CKB)111056485487308 035 $a(OCoLC)614603093 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10018034 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000160774 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163068 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160774 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10190495 035 $a(PQKB)10167973 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000667 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10018034 035 $a(OCoLC)51551050 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000667 035 $a(OCoLC)42976876 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400655647BC 035 $a(BIP)111404644 035 $a(BIP)6333649 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485487308 100 $a19991201e20002024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGarrison Keillor $ea critical companion /$fby Marcia Songer 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cGreenwood Press,$d2000. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (175 p.) 225 1 $aCritical companions to popular contemporary writers,$x1082-4979 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780313302305 311 08$a0313302308 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [147]-156) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- 1 The Life of Garrison Keillor -- 2 Keillor's Literary Heritage -- 3 Happy to Be Here -- 4 Lake Wobegon Days -- 5 Leaving Home -- 6 We Are Still Married -- 7 WLT: A Radio Romance -- 8 The Book of Guys -- 9 Wobegon Boy -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aCombining a career in live radio performances and equally lively short story writing for the New Yorker, Garrison Keillor has continually charmed fans and readers with his homespun wit and warmth. While acknowledging his career highlights, this full-length critical study supports Keillor's own view of himself as writer rather than performer, by examining his literary accomplishments and giving serious analysis of his fictional works. In order to understand his tremendous popular appeal, Songer situates Keillor within the rich literary heritage associated with American humorists such as Mark Twain, James Thurber, and Will Rogers. This volume treats each collection of stories as a cohesive literary entity, from the early works Happy to be Here and Lake Wobegon Days , whose familiar characters concerned themselves with social pressures and teenage angst, to The Book of Guys , which wryly examines the pitfalls of the modern male experience. In analyzing Keillor's most recent work, the novel Wobegon Boy, Songer expertly explores Keillor's humorous handling of real life lessons to be learned from the small town legacy.This full-length critical study gives readers a close-up view of Garrison Keillor as he reinvents himself from a shy, small town Minnesota native son, to a successful New York writer who is internationally recognized as the voice of everyman. The well documented biographical and literary heritage chapters familiarize readers with the myriad of literary, social, religious and moral influences that would become thematic materials for Keillor's fiction writing. Each chapter in this Critical Companion examines closely the character development, plot structure, and thematic concerns that tie together each of Keillor's major works and short story collections. Literature students and teachers alike will also find very useful the extensive bibliography with a complete list of all of Keillor's writings as well as reviews, criticism, and further biographical information about this delightful writer. 410 0$aCritical companions to popular contemporary writers. 606 $aHumorous stories, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPastoral fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place) 607 $aMinnesota$xIn literature 615 0$aHumorous stories, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPastoral fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place) 676 $a813/.54 700 $aSonger$b Marcia$f1936-$01798093 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973994503321 996 $aGarrison Keillor$94340700 997 $aUNINA