A Paul Green Reader (Chapel Hill Books) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807823864 ISBN 13: 9780807823866

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998

Synopsis

A Paul Green Reader features Green's drama and fiction, with texts of three plays - including the famous second act of The Lost Colony - and six short stories. It also reveals the life behind Green's work through several of his essays and letters and an excerpt from his unique Wordbook, a collection of regional folklore. Avery's introduction outlines Green's life and examines the central concerns and techniques of his work.

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Review:

[A] brilliant achievement.John Ehle [Readers] will be rewarded by his realism, humor, intelligence, compassion, and plain good story-telling."Independent Publisher" [Revisits] an entire era in American literary, theatrical, and political history."Southern Quarterly" YReaders will be rewarded by his realism, humor, intelligence, compassion, and plain good story-telling."Independent Publisher" YRevisits an entire era in American literary, theatrical, and political history."Southern Quarterly" "[Readers] will be rewarded by his realism, humor, intelligence, compassion, and plain good story-telling."Independent Publisher"" This book makes some of his finest works and thought available to a new generation of readers."North Carolina Historical Review" "[Revisits] an entire era in American literary, theatrical, and political history."Southern Quarterly""

Synopsis:

Paul Green was winner of a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1927 and helped bring southern writing to the attention of the world. This volume features Green's drama and fiction, with texts of three plays and six short stories. His life is also outlined and examined by Laurence Avery.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0807823864
• ISBN 13: 9780807823866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Avery Laurence G.