Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain and Postcards

by Asquith, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781847064554
• ISBN10: 1847064558
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781441158512
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-10
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

This guide to Annie Proulx's novel Postcards and her short Brokeback Mountain features a biography of the author, a full-length analysis of the texts, a summary of the their popular and critical reception, a discussion of the recent film adaptation of Brokeback Mountain and its reception and a great deal more. If you're studying either text, reading them for your book club, or if you simply want to know more, you'll find this guide informative, intelligent, and helpful. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Mark Asquith teaches English at Trinity School Croydon, UK where he specialises in the modern American novel and holds a PhD from the University of London, UK. He is author of Thomas Hardy, Metaphysics and Music (Palgrave, 2005) and a number of articles on contemporary American fiction.

Table of Contents

The Novelist

The Texts

Their Reception

Their Performance

Further Reading and Discussion Questions

Bibliography

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