Understanding Lorrie Moore
Understanding Lorrie Moore by Alison Kelly, published by Univ of South Carolina Press in 2009, is a critical examination of the works of the acclaimed author known for her sharp humor and insightful commentary on contemporary gender relations. This book, comprising 190 pages, serves as a comprehensive companion to Lorrie Moore’s fiction, highlighting her unique narrative style and thematic concerns, particularly in relation to the American national character.
In this edition, Kelly explores Moore’s evolution as a writer from the 1980s to the present, focusing on her distinctive narrative methods and the recurring motifs that populate her stories. The analysis delves into how Moore’s characters navigate personal struggles that reflect broader societal issues, emphasizing her role as a subtly political writer. Readers will find an in-depth look at Moore’s major themes, techniques, and stylistics, enhancing their understanding and appreciation of her literary contributions.
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The first book-length critical approach to the fiction of the award-winning author of Birds of America
Understanding Lorrie Moore is a comprehensive companion to the works of this wickedly humorous writer, whose fiction shows a deep sensitivity to the dynamics of contemporary gender relations and an abiding interest in portraying and critiquing the American national character. The recipient of the 1998 O. Henry Award and the 2004 Rea Award for the Short Story, Lorrie Moore is best known for her short fiction. Alison Kelly shows that Moore’s virtuosic prose, wry humor, and sense of irony are tools for registering how Americans face the discomfort of their daily lives as individuals and as a nation.
Kelly traces Moore’s emergence as a writer in the 1980s and her artistic development up to the present day, illuminating the distinctive narrative methods, aesthetics, and thematic preoccupations of Moore’s major works. Kelly follows Moore’s recurrent characters, situations, metaphors, and motifs in order to promote understanding of the texts and appreciation for their wordplay, wit, and imagery. Viewing her subject as a subtly political writer, Kelly discusses Moore’s major themes, techniques, and stylistics as evidence that her characters’ private pains are symptomatic of a wider national malaise.
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