Kaye Gibbons: A Literary Companion

by Mary Ellen Snodgrass

With novels like Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman , award-winning writer Kaye Gibbons has gained both critical acclaim and a large, devoted following among readers. This literary companion equips the reader with information about characters, plots, dates, allusions, literary motifs, and themes from the bestselling author's works. After an annotated chronology of Gibbons' life, the work presents 103 A-Z entries that include Snodgrass's analysis, cover the writings of reviewers and critics, and provide selected bibliographies. Appendices offer an historical timeline with references to corresponding historical events from Gibbons' novels, along with a list of 42 topics for group or individual research projects.

379 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2007

About the author

Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an American educator and writer of textbooks and general reference works.