"In every one of . . . [novelist Pat] Conroy's big, story-driven Southern books, there has been a father, a son and a holy ghost in the form of an ineffable secret," wrote Tracy Coch...
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Pat Conroy's writing is marked by an obsessive interest in the love/hate relationship and its ensuing tensions. Whether between Citadel cadet and "The Boo," young teacher and school superintendent, or...
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Critical Essay by James N. Hutchins
In a novel which displays a keen insight into family life on a military base, author Pat Conroy appears to be writing his autobiography. Indeed, the dedication of ...
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Critical Essay by The Virginia Quarterly Review
The strength of [The Great Santini] … is its realism. The dialogue, anecdotes, and family atmosphere are pure Marine…. At the heart of th...
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Critical Essay by Robert E. Burkholder
Pat Conroy's first novel, The Great Santini (1976), is a curious blend of lurid reality and fantastic comedy, which deals with approximately one year in ...
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The So-So Santini
Bull Meechum may be called "The Great Santini" in battle and when flying his jet, but he is, as Maryanne said, more like "Godzilla" to his family. Not knowing how to be a fat...
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Teaching The Great Santini
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The Great Santini Lesson Plans contain 140 pages of teaching material, including:
JANE: I know we’re here to talk about a serious topic, and one that’s close to your heart. But let’s start off light. I love what you’re wearing. BLYTHE: Oh, thank you. It&#...
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When the great, irreplaceable Rosemary Clooney died, she left her lifetime collection of musical arrangements-a 60-year career of archival-status treasures, from soup to nuts-to Debby Boone. Not to...
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The turkey bones go into the trash, the Christmas lights come out of the attic, and on the day after Thanksgiving, the year-end blizzard of big, important, prestigious, expensive Oscar contenders c...
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The turkey bones go into the trash, the Christmas lights come out of the attic, and on the day after Thanksgiving, the year-end blizzard of big, important, prestigious, expensive Oscar contenders c...
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Pat Conroy
Donald Pat(rick) Conroy
Critical Essay by James N. Hutchins
The So-so Santini
Blythe Danner
