Gaines, Ernest J. (Vol. 181) - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Anthony, Booker T. Review of A Lesson before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines. CLA Journal 37, no. 2 (December 1993): 235-42.

Anthony evaluates the characterization, narrative techniques, and themes of A Lesson before Dying.

Bryant, Jerry H. “Ernest J. Gaines: Change, Growth, and History.” Southern Review 10, no. 4 (1974): 851-64.

Bryant situates Gaines's early fiction in the tradition of classic American literature, discussing the archetypal dimensions of Gaines's primary themes and characters.

Fitzsimmons, Lorna. “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: Film, Intertext, and Ideology.” Studies in the Humanities (June-December 2001): 94-111.

Fitzsimmons analyzes the intertextual relationship between the novel and the film versions of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in order to show the film's ideological implications.

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