Stop-Time (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Conroy
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Principal Characters: Frank Conroy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Memory, Adolescence, Authors or writers, Lifestyles
Form and Content
Stop-Time is a fictionalized account of the early life of its author. It ends as he emerges into young adulthood, after his acceptance at Haverford College. Between a prologue and epilogue which together form a distinct suspended narrative, Conroy offers twenty chapters that primarily focus on early adolescence. Each chapter is named for one of its images or scenes. While one event or image gives unity to each chapter, chapters may also include events or impressions that are thematically, rather than dramatically, related. The chapter “Nights...
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