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James McBride

Summary: This volume provides critical analysis and close readings of the varied works of James McBride, including his memoir The Color of Water and his National Book Award winning novel The Good Lord Bird, among other works. The themes covered include: historical ties to World War II; the Civil War; his family relationships and unique upbringing.

Record details

ISBN: 9781682176948
ISBN: 1682176940
ISBN: 9781682176955
ISBN: 1682176959
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 282 pages)
remote
Computer data.
Edition: [First edition].
Publisher: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2018]
Copyright: �2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString.april.24 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	About this volume / Mildred R. Mickle -- Biographical sketch : James McBride / Mildred R. Mickle -- On James McBride / Mildred R. Mickle -- James McBride's The Good Lord Bird : a pluralist approach / Robert C. Evans -- The critique of history in James McBride's works / Mildred R. Mickle -- On a forgotten front : James McBride's Miracle at St. Anna and the fiction of the Italian Campaign of World War II / Martin Kich -- Reading James McBride : a literature review of secondary sources about James McBride and his writings / Martin Kich -- James McBride's The Color of Water : some reasons for its popularity / Robert C. Evans -- The color of still waters : McBride, Obama, and the fierce urgency of the new now / Tahirah Duncan Walker -- Superstition's role in shaping identity throughout history and the film adaptation of James McBride's Miracle at St. Anna / Brianna Toth -- Learning the code : a deconstruction of archetypes of oppression, transformation, and freedom in James McBride's Song Yet Sung / Abandon Shuman -- James McBride on The Good Lord Bird : evidence from interviews / Robert C. Evans -- James McBride's The Good Lord Bird : assessments by early reviewers / Kelley Jeans -- James McBride's The Good Lord Bird and the peculiar legacies of Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner / Justin Mellette -- Unlikely witnesses to convulsive and consternating history : the narrators of James McBride's The Good Lord Bird and Thomas Berger's Little Big Man / Martin Kich -- James McBride and James Brown : the varied appeal of Kill 'Em and Leave / Johnathon T. Lawrence -- James McBride's short fiction : "Father Abe" / Liyang Dong and Tana Jackson Shealey.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Edition statement supplied by publisher. Print version record.