Critical Insights: Horton Foote

Publisher Salem Press

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2nd Edition 1st Edition

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Salem Press

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Copyright

2016

ISBN13

9781619258419

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Format

eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

A great starting point for students seeking an introduction to Horton Foote and the critical discussions surrounding his work.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
About This Volume.
Career, Life, and Influence.
1: On Appreciating Horton Foote.
2: Biography of Horton Foote.
Critical Contexts.
3: All Lives Matter: African Americans in Horton Foote's South.
4: Horton Foote's Critical Reputation.
5: Between South and West: Placing The Young Man From Atlanta.
6: Two Cultural Paradigms of Endurance: A Comparative Study of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful and Lu Xun's “Blessing”.
Critical Readings.
7: Horton Foote: A Not-So Bitter Southerner.
8: “I Always Wanted a Boy the Town Could Be Proud of”: Issues of Conformity and Community in Horton Foote's Dual Versions of The Chase.
9: The Orphans' Home Cycle and the Intuition of the Soul.
10: A Dramatist's Archive: An Overview of the Horton Foote Papers at DeGolyer Library.
11: Monuments, Memory, and Self-Location: Biographical Resources in Horton Foote's Drama.
12: “And a Little Child Shall Lead Them”: Scout and Jem Finch from Novel to Film.
13: Horton Foote, the Evolution of a Film Script, and the Art of Collaboration in Tender Mercies.
14: What the Old Folks Say: Repetition, Circular Thinking, and Magical Thinking in Three Plays by Horton Foote.
15: The Sane Face of Texas: Pursuing the Decent Life in Horton Foote's Films.
Resources.
Chronology of Horton Foote's Life.
Works by Horton Foote.
Bibliography.
About the Editor.
Contributors.
Index.
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Critical Insights: Horton Foote

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