Jane Smiley (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Jane Smiley has published several novels as well as collections of short fiction. In addition to studies of family life, she has experimented with several novelistic subgenres, including a murder thriller (Duplicate Keys, 1984) and a historical epic (The Greenlanders, 1988). With the publication of her academic satire Moo in 1995 and the 1998 picaresque fiction The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton (an exploration of the intersections of racism and violence in American history inspired in part by the 1993 Oklahoma...
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All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton, The (Literary Annual Reviews)All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton, The (Magill Book Reviews)Good Faith (Literary Annual Reviews)Greenlanders, The (Literary Annual Reviews)Greenlanders, The (Magill Book Reviews)Horse Heaven (Literary Annual Reviews)Long Distance (Short Stories)Moo (American Fiction)Moo (Literary Annual Reviews)Moo (Magill Book Reviews)Ordinary Love and Good Will (Literary Annual Reviews)Ordinary Love and Good Will (Women’s Literature)Pleasure of Her Company, The (Short Stories)Thousand Acres, A (American Fiction)Thousand Acres, A (Literary Annual Reviews)Thousand Acres, A (Women’s Literature)Thousand Acres, A (Character Profiles)Thousand Acres, A (Magill Book Reviews)Year at the Races, A (Literary Annual Reviews)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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