Leon Forrest: Introductions and Interpretations - Softcover

Cawelti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879727349 ISBN 13: 9780879727345

Publisher: Popular Press, 1973

Synopsis

The four novels of Leon Forrest are one of the major glories of contemporary African-American fiction. From the intense inwardness of There Is a Tree More Ancient than Eden to the epic comedy of Divine Days, Forrest's work presents a vision of African-American culture which is unique in its complexity and depth.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Leon Forrest: Introductions and Interpretations combines biography and various methods of critical analysis to interpret the work of this important African-American novelist and essayist, who critics have compared to Joyce, Faulkner, and Tolstoy. Highly praised by Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison, Forrest's four novels present a remarkably rich and engaging view of contemporary African-American urban culture and its roots in the southern past. The book includes a general introduction which surveys Forrest's life and presents an interpretation of the unity of his fiction, as well as individual essays offering different interpretations of Forrest's four major novels, three interviews with the writer, and a detailed chronology and bibliography.

About the Author:

John G. Cawelti is Professor of English at the University of Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: Popular Press
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0879727349
• ISBN 13: 9780879727345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334