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The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks | |
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About 194 pages (58,212 words) in 19 products |
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Russell Banks | | Birth Date: |
March 28, 1940 | | Place of Birth: |
Newton, Massachusetts, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
Writer, Educator |
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 Biography of Russell Banks
10619 words, approx. 35.4 pages
 Russell Banks has been publishing innovative fiction for more than twenty-five years, gaining praise from critics for his short stories and novels. Although he is primarily a realist, he has experimented with some postmodern techniques and has confronted... summary from source:
Biography of Russell Banks
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Russell Banks resists categories; yet as one looks at the American short fiction written in the last quarter of the twentieth century, the temptation is to group Banks with Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, Andre Dubus, and perhaps Richard Bausch and call th... summary from source:
 Biography of Russell Banks
3885 words, approx. 13 pages
"No modern author writes more perceptively about ordinary men's stumbling quest for the American grail of material comfort and self-respect," remarked Salon.com contributor Cynthia Joyce regarding the American writer Russell Banks. The author of over a d...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 The Sweet Hereafter Information
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 The Sweet Hereafter is a 1991 novel by American author Russell Banks. It is set in a small town in the aftermath of a deadly school bus accident that has killed most of the town's children. The novel has been adapted into an award-winning 1997 film of...
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 The Economist (US) The Sweet Hereafter.
10/19/1991: 454 words, approx. 2 pages "IT WAS an accident, that's all. Accidents happen." The speaker is a teenager left crippled after a school bus careers down an embankment to slide into-a water-filled pit in a small town in upstate New York. She is right; it really was an... summary from source:
National Review Off for the sweet hereafter.
12/05/1986: 1,063 words, approx. 4 pages Off for the Sweet Hereafter by T. R. Pearson (Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, 283 pp., $17.95) "HE'S GOT a good ear': Few accolades are more likely to turn a writer's head. But what if the ear on that head has been... summary from source:
 AP News Campion laments lack of female directors
5/20/2007: 602 words, approx. 2 pagesWhen Jane Campion was honored onstage at the Cannes Film Festival with about 30 other major directors Sunday, she was the lone woman of the bunch. And she's still not used to how strange that feels.The New Zealander is the only woman filmmaker to have... summary from source:
AP News Poetic directing debut for Sarah Polley
5/1/2007: 1,063 words, approx. 4 pagesBecoming big in Hollywood has never been Sarah Polley's agenda. It shows in her acting choices, almost exclusively small, intimate tales made far outside the American studio system.And it shows in the actress' directing debut with "Away From Her," a mature, thoughtful but downbeat drama...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Patricia Pearson
4,109 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following essay, Pearson compares the commercial and critical success of The Sweet Hereafter to Egoyan's background as an independent screenwriter and director.
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Critical Review by Craig Turner
2,274 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following review, Turner argues that Egoyan's past works inform The Sweet Hereafter and notes ways in which the film deviates from his earlier works.
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Critical Review by Tony Rayns
1,681 words, approx. 6 pages
In the following review, Rayns argues that Egoyan's failure to sustain a sense of community in The Sweet Hereafter detracts from the film's overall impact.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 92%The Sweet Hereafter
1,275 words, approx. 4 pages
An analysis of how the book written by Russel Banks show how the book does not develop the character of Dolores Driscoll as well as the movie of the same title by Atom Egoyan. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 86%The Sweet Hereafter and "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
977 words, approx. 3 pages
A comparison of Russell Banks' story The Sweet Hereafter and Robert Browning's poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." Both stories parallel one another in their descriptions of the pain effects of disaster on a small town, and Banks used the extended meaning in Browning's tale to write his story. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 83%Mitchell Stephens in The Sweet Hereafter
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A summary of the role of Mitchell Stephens in Russell Banks' book The Sweet Hereafter, which tells the story of a community coping with a town's loss following a fatal school bus accident. At first Stephens portrayed as a fast-talking, ambulance-chasing lawyer from New York City as he pursues the case following the accident; but as the tale progresses, Stephens' internal motives come to the fore.
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The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks | |
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