Navigating the fiction of Ernest J. Gaines : a roadmap for readers /

"Louisiana author of the masterworks "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (1971) and "A Lesson before Dying" (1993), Ernest J. Gaines has garnered a fair amount of scholarly attention and much popular success. However, book-length studies devoted solely to his fiction ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clark, Keith, 1963- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Gaines, Ernest J., > 1933-2019 > Criticism and interpretation. Southern States > In literature. African Americans in literature. African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions. African Americans > Social conditions. Literature. Southern States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Sugarcane, Railroad Cars, Prisons, Peoples: Dominant Themes and Topics
Catherine Carmier
Of Love and Dust
Bloodline
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
In My Father's House
A Gathering of Old Men
A Lesson before Dying
The Tragedy of Brady Sims
Conclusion: Still Driven: Ernest J. Gaines in the Twenty-first Century
Appendix: An Interview with Ernest J. Gaines.