{"product_id":"in-rough-country-essays-and-reviews-paperback","title":"In Rough Country: Essays and Reviews - 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\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poignant, nostalgic collection of literary criticism by one of America's premier authors.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Rough Country is a sterling collection of essays, reviews, and criticism from Joyce Carol Oates that focuses on a wide array of books and writers--from Poe to Nabokov, from Flannery O'Connor to Phillip Roth. One of our foremost novelists, National Book Award and PEN\/Malamud Award winner Oates demonstrates an unparalleled understanding and appreciation of great works of literature with In Rough Country, and offers unique and breathtaking insights into the writer's art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut \u003ci\u003eIn Rough Country\u003c\/i\u003e is also a startlingly personal work, born from a time of grief, where reading and writing became a lifeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClassic American Authors: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore the \"treacherous terrains\" of Edgar Allan Poe, the witchcraft of Shirley Jackson, and the startling figures of Flannery O'Connor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContemporary Masters: \u003c\/b\u003e Delve into the rough country of Cormac McCarthy and Annie Proulx, Philip Roth's tragic jokes, and the tales of Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Memoir of Reading and Grief: \u003c\/b\u003e In a deeply moving preface, Oates reveals how literature became a \"traditional solace to the bereft\" after the death of her husband, Raymond Smith.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOn the Writer's Craft: \u003c\/b\u003e A master novelist offers an unparalleled look into writerly influences, the structure of a literary essay, and the \"lifeline\" of the written word.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty-nine provocative essays, Joyce Carol Oates maps the rough country that is both the treacherous geographical and psychological terrain of the writers she so cogently analyzes--Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth, E. L. Doctorow, and Margaret Atwood, among others--and the emotional terrain of Oates's own life following the unexpected death of her husband, Raymond Smith, after forty-eight years of marriage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs literature is a traditional solace to the bereft, so writing about literature can be a solace, as it was to me when the effort of writing fiction seemed beyond me, as if belonging to another lifetime, Oates writes. Reading and taking notes, especially late at night when I can't sleep, has been the solace, for me, that saying the Rosary or reading \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Common Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e might be for another. The results of those meditations are the essays of \u003cem\u003eIn Rough Country\u003c\/em\u003e--balanced and illuminating investigations that demonstrate an artist working at the top of her form.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty-nine provocative essays, Joyce Carol Oates maps the \"rough country\" that is both the treacherous geographical and psychological terrain of the writers she so cogently analyzes--Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth, E. L. Doctorow, and Margaret Atwood, among others--and the emotional terrain of Oates's own life following the unexpected death of her husband, Raymond Smith, after forty-eight years of marriage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As literature is a traditional solace to the bereft, so writing about literature can be a solace, as it was to me when the effort of writing fiction seemed beyond me, as if belonging to another lifetime,\" Oates writes. \"Reading and taking notes, especially late at night when I can't sleep, has been the solace, for me, that saying the Rosary or reading \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Common Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e might be for another.\" The results of those meditations are the essays of \u003cem\u003eIn Rough Country\u003c\/em\u003e--balanced and illuminating investigations that demonstrate an artist working at the top of her form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 7.98 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53057970536672,"sku":"9780061963988","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/E-Fo3Q5p-F9780061963988.webp?v=1781387886","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/in-rough-country-essays-and-reviews-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}