{"product_id":"9780807146057","title":"Dark Eyes on America: The Novels of Joyce Carol Oates","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A sound and engaging book that creates a balanced overview of Oates's career while tackling the question of her role in the wider community.\" -- Modern Fiction Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is America's most extraordinary and prolific woman of letters. In Dark Eyes on America, Gavin Cologne-Brookes illuminates the vision of this remarkable master of her craft, finding evidence in her novels of an evolving consciousness that ultimately forgoes abstract introspection in favor of a more practical approach to art as a tool for understanding both personal and social challenges. With her clear-eyed perception of human behavior, Oates has for decades offered unhesitating explorations of genre, topic, and style -- making her an inevitable if somewhat elusive subject for critical assessment. Cologne-Brookes's conversations and correspondence with Oates, his close textual study of her novels, and abundant references to her essays, stories, poetry, and plays result in a work that critically synthesizes the layers of her writing. This comprehensive yet accessible study offers an essential analysis of one of the twentieth century's most significant writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thoughtful, thorough study which... encourages readers to re-examine Oates's novels within a philosophical context\" -- Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109793448176,"sku":"9780807146057","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807146057_p0.jpg?v=1763739531","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807146057","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}