Search "Ernest Gaines"
|
|
About 439 pages (131,579 words) in 34 products |
|
  
| Name: |
Ernest J. Gaines | | Birth Date: |
15 January 1933 |
summary from source:
 Biography of Ernest J. Gaines
8,803 words, approx. 29 pages
 Ernest J. Gaines is one of the best known of contemporary black writers. He received popular and critical recognition for the publication and subsequent television production of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. His importance in this and other... summary from source:
 Biography of Ernest J(ames) Gaines
8,608 words, approx. 29 pages
Ernest J. Gaines is one of the best-known of contemporary black writers. He received popular and critical recognition for the publication and subsequent television production of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. His importance in this and other... summary from source:
Biography of Ernest J(ames) Gaines
8,524 words, approx. 28 pages
[This entry was updated by Keith E. Byerman (Indiana State University) from his entry in DLB 152: American Novelists Since World War II, Fourth Series.] Ernest J. Gaines has since the publication of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in 1971...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
 Ernest Gaines Information
936 words, approx. 3 pages
 Ernest J. Gaines (b. January 15, 1933), a prominent African-American fiction writer, is a writer-in-residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and...
summary from source:
 The Mississippi Quarterly Ernest Gaines. (book reviews)
12/22/1993: 578 words, approx. 2 pages Valerie Melissa Babb's Ernest Gaines is a welcomed addition to Twayne's United States Authors Series. Babb presents Gaines as "The Bayou Griot," emphasizing both the African-American storytelling heritage and the French Louisiana culture so prominent in Gaines's fiction. The book is very carefully researched,... summary from source:
MELUS A MELUS Interview: Ernest J. Gaines.
03/22/1999: 5,516 words, approx. 18 pages Author Ernest J. Gaines discusses his book "A Lesson Before Dying." Gaines talks about the European market's reception of the book, and mixed reviews given by white and black audiences in the US. The following conversation with the writer was conducted on October...
Literary Criticism
summary from source:
 Critical Essay by Jack Hicks
10,375 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Hicks traces the evolution of Gaines's concern with black history and community from Catherine Carmier through The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, highlighting the accompanying shift in his use of materials and fictional techniques to suit his evolving vision.
summary from source:
Critical Essay by Mary Ellen Doyle
8,797 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, Doyle contrasts the geographical, historical, and cultural implications of Gaines's fictional settings and characters with the conventions of modern Southern literature.
summary from source:
Critical Essay by Charles H. Rowell
7,074 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Rowell explores the symbolic geography of Gaines's fiction, highlighting the physical, social, and political significance of the “quarters” where African Americans in Louisiana traditionally lived.
Featured Essays
summary from source:
 Essay Grade: 86%
|
About 439 pages (131,579 words) in 34 products |
|
|
