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Jane Hamilton Information
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This article is about the American novelist. For the adult film director and actress, see Veronica Hart. Jane Hamilton (born 13 July 1957) is an American novelist. Hamilton lives in Rochester, Wisconsin. She grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, the youngest...


Criticism and Essays
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Critical Essay by Amy Levin
10,481 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Levin traces the influence of 1980s myths about family life on the heroines of A Map of the World, Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres, and Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine, explicating each novel's perspective on “family” in terms of a specifically Midwestern American identity and the interaction between global farming policies and political ideology.
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Interview by Jane Hamilton and Judith Strasser
5,039 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following interview, Hamilton discusses her family and career during two meetings with Strasser—one at a public reading, the other at Hamilton's home—detailing the effects of The Book of Ruth on both areas of Hamilton's life.
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Critical Review by William H. Pritchard
3,990 words, approx. 13 pages
In the following review, Pritchard examines a selection of recent novels, including Disobedience, arguing that Hamilton's realistic portrayal of a mother-son relationship is “a solid and credible achievement.”
 


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