Heeding the Call: A Study of Denise Giardina's Novels Contributor(s): Jolliff, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1949199436 ISBN-13: 9781949199437 Publisher: West Virginia University Press OUR PRICE: $29.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Regional - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
Dewey: 813.54 |
LCCN: 2019039062 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 204 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Heeding the Call, William Jolliff offers the first book-length discussion of West Virginia writer and activist Denise Giardina, perhaps best known for her novel Storming Heaven, which helped spark renewed interest in the turn-of-the-century Mine Wars. Jolliff proposes that Giardina's fiction be considered under three thematic complexes: regional, political, and theological. Though addressing all three, Heeding the Call foregrounds the theological because it is the least accessible to most readers and critics. |