You Can Go Home Again - The Focus on Family in the Works of Horton Foote

Horton Foote, a little-known 20th-century American playwright, has received much recent acclaim, particularly for such screenplays as The Trip to Bountiful and Tender Mercies . This study scrutinizes all available Foote work, from the early one-acts of the 1940's through the latest plays of the 1980's. The single theme of family reconciliation that runs throughout his canon is highlighted.

About the author

The Author: Rebecca Luttrell Briley is an associate professor of English at Jefferson Community College, Louisville, Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky, where she also has taught. A published poet, she has written extensively on Kentucky author James Still and is working on a screenplay about the Kentucky Shakers. A Fulbright scholar to England, she teaches creative writing workshops internationally.

Report

"This valuable study is the potential herald of a new recognition of Horton Foote's unique achievement as creator of the mythical Harrison, Texas, and unsurpassed interpreter of the American family." (Charles S. Watson, Modern Drama)

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Briley, Rebecca Luttrell Briley
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9780820420042
• ISBN: 978-0-8204-2004-2
• No. of pages: 214
• Weight: 460 g
• Series: American University Studies; American University Studies Series 24: American Literature; American University Studies; American University Studies Series 24: American Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet