Larry McMurtry and the Victorian Novel: Volume 5

by Roger Walton Jones

Millions have read Larry McMurtry's novel, though few conciously understand the subtle underlying themes that charachterize his fiction.

Roger Walton Jones examines McMurtry's lifelong interest in Victorian authors and their influence on his novels. Emphasizing the common sense of dislacement McMurtry shared with the Victorians, Jones identifies three Victoria themes by which McMurtry reconciles the reader to experience and gives his art a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890966214
• ISBN13: 9780890966211
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"