Horton Foote /
American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote is most notably known for his 1962 adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, the screenplay for the 1983 film, Tender Mercies, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1995 play, The Young Man from Atlanta. This volume examines these works and more, such as the nin...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ipswich, Massachusetts : Amenia, NY :
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Grey House Publishing,
[2016]
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| Edition: | [First edition]. |
| Series: | Critical insights.
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| Summary: | American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote is most notably known for his 1962 adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, the screenplay for the 1983 film, Tender Mercies, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1995 play, The Young Man from Atlanta. This volume examines these works and more, such as the nine-play Orphans' Home cycle, based on Foote's own childhood. Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of "Works Cited," along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources: a chronology of the author's life, a complete list of the author's works and their original dates of publication, a general bibliography, a detailed paragraph on the volume's editor, notes on the individual chapter authors, and a subject index. - Publisher. American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote is best known for his 1962 adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, the screenplay for the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and the 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Young Man From Atlanta. Critical essays in this volume examine these works and other dramas, including the nine-play Orphans' Home Cycle, which is based on Foote's own family history. -- Amazon |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 276 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781619258402 1619258404 |