The Voice of an American Playwright: Interviews with Horton Foote (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780881463972)

This book establishes that Horton Foote's characters and themes come from Wharton, Texas, a region influenced more by the Deep South than the cowboy tradition of West Texas. But these interviews also establish that such stories are not place-specific. They are universal stories about going away and the eternal search of emotional and spiritual homes. Foote's stories are revealed as reflecting the dislocation, loneliness, racial tension, and gender and class divisions of the United States. But he explains that these topics are embedded in his plays and films, not part of a rhetorical approach to writing. He writes in the realist tradition. In every interview, Horton Foote demonstrates his kind, engaging, and sensitive view of life and art.

Author: Gerald C. Wood,Marion Castleberry
ISBN-10: 0881463973
ISBN-13: 9780881463972
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2012
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 12/03/2012