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Understanding Lorrie Moore (Understanding Contemporary American Literature)
Alison Kelly
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Description for Understanding Lorrie Moore (Understanding Contemporary American Literature)
Hardcover. The recipient of the 1998 O Henry Award and the 2004 Rea Award for the Short Story, Lorrie Moore is best known for her short fiction. This book shows that Moore's virtuosic prose, wry humor, and sense of irony are tools for registering how Americans face the discomfort of their daily lives as individuals and as a nation. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 295.
This is the first book-length critical approach to the fiction of the award-winning author of ""Birds of America"". ""Understanding Lorrie Moore"" is a comprehensive companion to the works of this wickedly humorous writer, whose fiction shows a deep sensitivity to the dynamics of contemporary gender relations and an abiding interest in portraying and critiquing the American national character. The recipient of the 1998 O. Henry Award and the 2004 Rea Award for the Short Story, Lorrie Moore is best known for her short fiction. Alison Kelly shows that Moore's virtuosic prose, wry humor, and sense of irony are tools for ... Read more
This is the first book-length critical approach to the fiction of the award-winning author of ""Birds of America"". ""Understanding Lorrie Moore"" is a comprehensive companion to the works of this wickedly humorous writer, whose fiction shows a deep sensitivity to the dynamics of contemporary gender relations and an abiding interest in portraying and critiquing the American national character. The recipient of the 1998 O. Henry Award and the 2004 Rea Award for the Short Story, Lorrie Moore is best known for her short fiction. Alison Kelly shows that Moore's virtuosic prose, wry humor, and sense of irony are tools for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Condition
New
Series
Understanding Contemporary American Literature
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570038235
SKU
V9781570038235
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About Alison Kelly
Alison Kelly teaches in the Department of English and American Literature at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Reading and holds an M.A. and a B.A. from the University of Oxford. In 2007-08 she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.
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