Kaye Gibbons: A Literary Companion (McFarland Literary Companion) (Mcfarland Literary Companions) [Paperback] by Mary Ellen Snodgrass (Author) Series: Mcfarland Literary Companions (Book 5)Paperback: 379 pages Publisher: McFarland & Company (February 28, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0786429437 ISBN-13: 978-0786429431 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 7.2 x 10.5 inches With novels like Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman, award-winning writer Kaye Gibbons has gained both critical acclaim and a large, devoted following among readers. This literary companion equips the reader with information about characters, plots, dates, allusions, literary motifs, and themes from the bestselling author's works. After an annotated chronology of Gibbons' life, the work presents 103 A-Z entries that include Snodgrass's analysis, cover the writings of reviewers and critics, and provide selected bibliographies. Appendices offer an historical timeline with references to corresponding historical events from Gibbons' novels, along with a list of 42 topics for group or individual research projects.About the AuthorMary Ellen Snodgrass lives and writes in Hickory, North Carolina. Her other McFarland Literary Companions include Walter Dean Myers (2006), Amy Tan (2004), August Wilson (2004) and Barbara Kingsolver (2004). She is also the author of Coins and Currency (2007), World Shores and Beaches (2005), World Epidemics (2003), Encyclopedia of World Scriptures (2001), Who's Who in the Middle Ages (2001) and A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms (2006, with Gary Carey).
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