Understanding Jill McCorkle
By: Barbara Bennett.
Series: Understanding contemporary American literature
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: McCorkle, Jill, 1958- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Southern States -- In literature.; North Carolina -- In literature.
Description: "Understanding Jill McCorkle introduces readers to the novels and short story collections of Jill McCorkle's growing canon.

Since 1984 McCorkle has written five novels, including The Cheer Leader and Carolina Moon, and two books of short stories - Crash Diet and Final Vinyl Days and Other Stories - entering the publishing world, as one reviewer noted, "with the literary equivalent of a rebel yell." Filling the gap of critical study on McCorkle, Barbara Bennett analyzes the widely read and admired output of this prolific southern writer.

Bennett identifies and discusses the diverse characters, thematic concerns, and keen sense of language that distinguish McCorkle's work."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-183) and index.
"Books and selected essays by McCorkle": p. [179].