Annie Proulx''s 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'Postcards'

Informationen zum Autor Mark Asquith is the author of Reading the Novels of John Williams: A Flaw of Light (2018); The Lost Frontier: Reading Annie Proulx’s Short Stories (Bloomsbury, 2014); Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain and Postcards : A Readers’ Guide (Bloomsbury, 2009); and Thomas Hardy, Metaphysics and Music (2005) in addition to numerous articles on 19th-century English and contemporary American literature. He holds a PhD from UCL, the University of London, UK. Klappentext An accessible and informative introduction to two texts from one of America's most experimental and provocative authors. Vorwort An accessible and informative introduction to two texts from one of America's most experimental and provocative authors. Zusammenfassung A guide to Annie Proulx's novel "Postcards" and her short story "Brokeback Mountain" that features a biography of the author, an analysis of the texts, a summary of the their popular and critical reception, a discussion of the film adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain" and its reception. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Novelist 2. The Texts 3. Their Reception 4. Their Performance Further Reading and Discussion Questions Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Dr Mark (Independent Scholar Asquith, Mark Asquith
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2009
• EAN: 9781847064554
• ISBN: 978-1-84706-455-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Continuum Contemporaries; Continuum Contemporaries Series; Continuum Contemporaries Series; Continuum Contemporaries
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies