Shelby Foote, novelist and historian [[electronic resource] /] / Robert L. Phillips, Jr

• Autore: Phillips Robert L (Robert LeRoy), <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, [2006]
• Edizione: Print-on-Demand ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 813.54; 813/.54
• Soggetto topico: Historical fiction, American - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States In literature; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Historiography; Southern States Historiography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter I. The Wilds of the English Language; Chapter II. Tournament and Shiloh; Chapter III. A Jordan County Trilogy; Chapter IV. Form and The Civil War: A Narrative; Chapter V. September September; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Called the greatest Civil War historian, Shelby Foote began his career as a novelist whose powerful works of fiction rose out of his closeness to life and culture in his native region, the Mississippi Delta country. Later in his career he transformed modern historical prose by his keen sense of the novel. His artistic distance from the elements of regionalism that lie at the heart both of his novels and of his history writing gives his prose great narrative force. This perceptive study fills the genuine need for a sound critical appreciation of Foote the novelist. After he appeared as a sage c
• Titolo autorizzato: Shelby Foote, novelist and historian
• ISBN: 1-283-27510-4; 9786613275103; 1-60473-666-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781633403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II