{"product_id":"9781604735055","title":"Perspectives on Barry Hannah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Barry Hannah\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays devoted to the work of the award-winning fiction writer Barry Hannah. The anthology features a broad range of critical approaches and covers the span of Hannah's career from \u003ci\u003eGeronimo Rex\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) to \u003ci\u003eYonder Stands Your Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). The book also includes a previously unpublished interview with Hannah. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ten essays cover all of Hannah's thirteen published books. The contributors give fresh perspectives on Hannah's classic works (\u003ci\u003eAirships\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRay\u003c\/i\u003e), provide illuminating readings of important fiction that has received less critical attention (\u003ci\u003eNighwatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHey Jack!\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNever Die\u003c\/i\u003e), and offer the first sustained criticism of Hannah's acclaimed later fiction (\u003ci\u003eBats Out of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Lonesome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYonder Stands Your Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e). As Martyn Bone explains in his introduction, the essays--though varied in approach and style--consistently hone in on the recurrent themes that characterize Hannah's career: his relationship to postmodernism; his interrogation of traditional ideas of masculinity and heroism; his complex engagement with southern history, literature, and culture; and his growing concern with spirituality and morality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Barry Hannah\u003c\/i\u003e make connections between Hannah's work and that of several prominent modern and postmodern authors, including William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Allen Tate, John Irving, J. M. Coetzee, and Cormac McCarthy. Contributors also consider Hannah's fiction in relation to non-literary cultural forms such as sport, film, and popular music. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Barry Hannah\u003c\/i\u003e affirms Hannah's status as a leading figure in contemporary American literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartyn Bone is assistant professor of American literature at the Institute for English, German, and Romance Languages at the University of Copenhagen. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Postsouthern Sense of Place in Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112988983536,"sku":"9781604735055","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781604735055_p0.jpg?v=1763829602","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781604735055","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}