Russell Banks: In Search of Freedom (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313381652)

This book provides comprehensive, up-to-date commentary and critical guidance on the writings of Russell Banks.

Despite being a globally successful writer who has been published for over 30 years and is credited with two successful movies based on his work, there is but one prior study of Russell Banks's work in English, which is now nearly a decade old. Russell Banks: In Search of Freedom offers the only modern, complete commentary on his work and establishes Banks as one of the leaders in the postmodern, neorealist tradition of American fiction.

This critical guide contains a brief biography of Banks, describing the details of his life that shaped his philosophies, plot themes, and settings, such as New England and the Caribbean. Russell Banks then illustrates how Banks moved beyond his working-class origins and explored problems in race, communication, sexual and family relations, religion, popular culture, landscape, and more recently, the upper class. The final chapter explains Banks's unique vision of American history and liberty.

Author: Kevin McEneaney
ISBN-10: 0313381658
ISBN-13: 9780313381652
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2010
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2010 pg. 302