Horton Foote

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American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote is most notably known for his 1962 adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, the screenplay for the 1983 film, Tender Mercies, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1995 play, The Young Man from Atlanta. This volume examines these works and more, such as the nin...

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Other Authors: Haynes, Robert W. (Robert William), 1951- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Amenia, NY : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Grey House Publishing, [2016]
Series:Critical insights.
Subjects:
Foote, Horton > Criticism and interpretation.
Foote, Horton.
1900-1999
American drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
American drama.
Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • About this volume / Robert W. Haynes
  • On Appreciating Horton Foote / Robert W. Haynes
  • Biography of Horton Foote / Robert W. Haynes
  • All Lives Matter: African Americans in Horton Foote's South / Rebecca Luttrell Briley
  • Horton Foote's Critical Reputation / Gerald C. Wood
  • Between South and West: Placing "The Young Man From Atlanta" / Robert Donahoo
  • Two Cultural Paradigms of Endurance: A Comparative Study of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful and Lu Xun's "Blessing" / Xueying Wang
  • Horton Foote: A Not-So Bitter Southerner / Terry Barr
  • "I always wanted a boy the town could be proud of": Issues of Conformity and Community in Horton Foote's Dual Versions of The Chase / Roy J. Gonzáles Jr.
  • The Orphans' Home Cycle and the Intuition of the Soul / Crystal Brian
  • A Dramatist's Archive: An Overview of the Horton Foote Papers at DeGolyer Library / Cynthia Franco
  • Monuments, Memory, and Self-Location: Biographical Resources in Horton Foote's Drama / Robert W. Haynes
  • "And a Little Child Shall Lead Them": Scout and Jem Finch from Novel to Film / Jan Whitt
  • Horton Foote, the Evolution of a Film Script, and the Art of Collaboration in Tender Mercies / Gerald C. Wood
  • What the Old Folks Say: Repetition, Circular Thinking, and Magical Thinking in Three Plays by Horton Foote / Elizabeth Fifer
  • The Sane Face of Texas: Pursuing the Decent Life in Horton Foote's Films / Robert W. Haynes
  • Chronology of Horton Foote's Life
  • Works by Horton Foote
  • Bibliography
  • About the Editor
  • Contributors.

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