Love and Work (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Reynolds Price
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Duty, Death or dying, Work or workers
Thomas Eborn, Love and Work's protagonist, is a writer and a professor. Although he is largely an autobiographical reflection of Price, one would be mistaken to presume that he is completely so. He is partially a fiction, so one cannot reach conclusions about Price's life and personality on the basis of what he tells about this character who is, admittedly, quite like him.
Many writers try to understand their own problems and personalities through writing about situations that have eaten away at them for years. Love and Work is obviously an example of a work by an...
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