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This study is the first general critical introduction to the writing of Horton Foote, recipient of two Academy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. These original essays survey Foote's career, his work for theater, television, and film, with analysis of Foote's major themes and characteristic style in all three media. The casebook concludes with a list of Foote's produced work, as well as a selective annotated bibliography of primary criticism on th...

Gerald C. Wood is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Carson-Newman University and coeditor of Northsiders: Essays on the History and Culture of the Chicago Cubs. ¿

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 ge...

Gerald C. Wood is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Carson-Newman University and coeditor of Northsiders: Essays on the History and Culture of the Chicago Cubs. ¿

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

With such plays as the very popular and award-winning. The Weir. A Good Thief, and Dublin Carol, Conor McPherson has quickly established himself as one of Ireland's brightest and best young playwrights. His prolific output now includes work as a scriptwriter and director. His latest film. The Actors, will star Michael Caine and Dylan Moran.