A Companion to the Works of Elizabeth Strout

This groundbreaking study will engage literature scholars and general readers alike, offering a sustained analysis of Elizabeth Strout's work. Strout, a Pulitzer Prize and O. Henry Award recipient, has achieved a vast popular following, with her books adapted into television movies and the stage. Montwieler traces the evolution of Strout's voice, themes, and characters, addressing American twenty-first-century feminine perspectives and sensibilities. She explores how Strout portrays the endurance of hope, family, trauma, the natural world, and place, cultivating empathy in her readers. Strout's unique contribution to contemporary American letters lies in her acknowledgment of our limitations, woundedness, capability to do harm, remorse, and recognition of beauty and humor.

Format: Hardback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2022
Publisher: Ohio University Press

This groundbreaking study, which includes an exclusive interview with bestselling American novelist Elizabeth Strout, will captivate both literature scholars and general readers alike. Written in accessible language, this book is the first to offer a sustained analysis of Elizabeth Strout's work. A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the O. Henry Award, among other accolades, Strout has achieved a vast popular following as well. Amy and Isabelle was made into a television movie; Olive Kitteridge, which sold more than one million copies, was adapted as a miniseries; The Burgess Boys has been optioned for HBO; and My Name Is Lucy Barton was reimagined for the stage in London and on Broadway. Oh William!, the sequel to My Name Is Lucy Barton, appeared in 2021, and Strout's latest book, Lucy by the Sea, is slated for release in fall 2022. At the height of her literary powers as a chronicler of American life and particularly the lives of American women, Strout is currently enjoying both commercial and critical success. Her sales and perennial presence on book club lists indicate a tremendous impact on the popular realm and the growing attention to her in academia charts her importance in American letters. This book will satisfy readers looking for a serious, in-depth introduction to Strouts work, as well as those interested in womens writing, contemporary fiction, ethics, and literature. It includes a new interview with Strout in which she discusses these issues. Montwieler traces the evolution of Strouts voice, themes, and characters, which uniquely address American twenty-first-century feminine perspectives and sensibilities. From classic domestic spats between a mother and daughter to hate crimes aimed at mosques, from sweeping forays into decades past to snapshots of contemporary life, Strout.

Dimension: 216 x 140 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780804012409