{"product_id":"laden-choirs-the-fiction-of-patrick-white-paperback-1","title":"Laden Choirs: The Fiction of Patrick White - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1973 the Australian novelist Patrick White won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the year that his great novel of family ties and change, \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, was published and became a bestseller in America and Europe. Yet White is still not widely known or read, and few writers of today have provoked so many contradictory judgments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Peter Wolfe has written the first book-length study of the work of this brilliant and haunting novelist. The study offers a subtle, penetrating examination of White's style, his skill in building narrative tension, and also the depth and complexity reflected in his characterization, which, in his novels, always dominates action. Fittingly, for a writer whose novels bear the indelible stamp of Australia, the study also examines White's psychological use of setting and the intense sense of place found in his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo other critical study of White covers such a broad range of his writing. Peter Wolfe considers here the entire canon of the novels. \u003ci\u003eThe Tree of Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVoss\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Vivisector\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Fringe of Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Twyborn Affair\u003c\/i\u003e (White's most recent novel) are all discussed. White's themes and settings range from the power and immensity of the wilderness of the Australian outback to the dislocations wrought in traditional values by postwar industrialization and urban sprawl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaden Choirs\u003c\/i\u003e makes accessible to an American audience a writer of the first rank, whose work lies at the heart of modernist concerns. Literary students and scholars who wish to explore the world of Patrick White will find this book an essential key.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. He is the author of eight other books on modern writers, including Iris Murdoch, Rebecca West, Graham Greene, and John Fowles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093256089905,"sku":"9780813155494","price":41.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/6uzTf1ABv39780813155494_ef64cb19-292c-4488-9097-0c53f85c9cc9.webp?v=1788417009","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/laden-choirs-the-fiction-of-patrick-white-paperback-1","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}