The True Bones of My Life by Patrick A Smith

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The True Bones of My Life by Patrick A Smith

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Summary

This study examines the metaphors Jim Harrison uses to offer critical entrance into his fiction—food, place, ecological concerns, journey, "soul history," and region. Through personal association and a passionate attachment to Harrison’s work, Patrick Smith uses close readings and contemporary literary theory to produce criticism that sketches the scope of Harrison’s influence.

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The True Bones of My Life by Patrick A Smith

Jim Harrison's fiction is diverse in its genres, protagonists, and settings: from novel to novel - from comically masculine rogue to the psychically scarred female - from wilderness to city. This study examines the metaphors Harrison uses to offer critical entrance into his fiction.

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Patrick A. Smith is Associate Professor of English at Bainbridge College. His criticism, fiction, articles, interviews, and reviews have appeared in Quarter After Eight, Scribner's American Writers, Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, Sports Afield, Studies in Short Fiction, Notes on Contemporary Literature, and January Magazine, among other publications.
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ISBN 13 9780870136146
ISBN 10 0870136143
Title The True Bones of My Life
Author Patrick A Smith
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Michigan State University Press
Year published 2002-04-30
Number of pages 246
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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