{"product_id":"pat-conroy-a-critical-companion-critical-companions-to-popular-contemporary-writers-0313294194","title":"Pat Conroy: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0313294194\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Burns, Landon C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one who has read Pat Conroy's novels of family wounds and healing can fail to be moved by their emotional appeal. But Conroy is also a major contemporary American novelist who follows in the tradition of Southern fiction established by William Faulkner and Thomas Wolfe. This companion is the first book-length study of his work. It explores the recurring motifs in his fiction and his special writing talents as a prose stylist of uncommon distinction. A separate chapter for The Boo and The Water is Wide and each novel- The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, and his most recent, Beach Music-provides a detailed analysis of the books and the common threads that unite all the novels.A biographical chapter draws connections between Conroy's life and the autobiographical nature of his fiction. A chapter on genre traces Conroy's roots in southern fiction and shows how all the novels fall into the rite-of-passage genre. Each novel is analyzed for plot structure, characterization, thematic elements, and Conroy's increasingly elaborate style and development as a master of the art of the novel. In addition, Burns defines and applies a variety of alternative approaches to the novels to widen the reader's perspective. A complete bibliography of Conroy's fiction as well as selected reviews and criticism complete the work. Because of Pat Conroy's popularity among adults and teenagers, this first critical work of a major contemporary American writer is a necessary purchase by public and secondary school libraries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51738086637856,"sku":"NEW0313294194","price":38.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61z307-lWwL.jpg?v=1779582462","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/pat-conroy-a-critical-companion-critical-companions-to-popular-contemporary-writers-0313294194","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}