03508cam a2200553 4500 2671841657 TxAuBib 20260203120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781611177633 1611177634 B01M9AB6MI Amazon fd3a6b7e-f4c9-4795-a99b-af745735e200 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3220714 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Frye, Steven. Understanding Larry McMurtry [Libby eBook]. University of South Carolina Press, 2017. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 353kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. sympathetic character. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Henry David Thoreau. "Presence of Mind. The Great Gatsby. theodore dreiser. Novel of Manners. Stock character. J. Frank Dobie. sense of place. d. h. lawrence. larry mcmurtry. Sam Peckinpah. Frank Norris. His Favorite. Don DeLillo. The Realist. Zane Grey. anecdote. bannon. HTML:<p><b>An inviting, detailed analysis of the work and characters created by this Pulitzer Prize–winning writer</b></p> <p>Best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel Lonesome Dove and his Academy Award–winning screenplay for <i>Brokeback Mountain</i>, Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. In Understanding Larry McMurtry, Steven Frye considers a broad range of McMurtry's most important novels and offers detailed textual analyses of works such as <i>Horseman, Pass By, The Last Picture Show, Moving On</i>, and <i>Lonesome Dove</i> to reveal the manner in which McMurtry engages the human condition.</p> <p>Characters are at the heart of McMurtry's fiction, whether they are nineteenth- or twentieth-century ranchers, modern rodeo men, or women grappling with the angst and confusion of life in the suburbs of Houston. He has created characters rich in texture, such as Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, not only to encourage an understanding of the persistent force of American mythology but also to transcend type so that they emerge as quintessentially human figures grappling with circumstances beyond their control.</p> <p>McMurtry portrays with depth and insight the conundrums of the modern moment and its relation to heritage, and he deals as well with the intensities of the human mind as it negotiates with a complex and sometimes indifferent world. In <i>Understanding Larry McMurtry</i>, Frye offers a comprehensive treatment of one of the most important living authors, one who has emerged as a central figure in a rich and compelling contemporary canon.</p>. Literary Criticism. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-02-02 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fd3a6b7e-f4c9-4795-a99b-af745735e200&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fd3a6b7e-f4c9-4795-a99b-af745735e200&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXGID