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• John Knowles: Overview

  Author:Ruel E. FosterFrom:Contemporary Novelists (6^th ed.)

  19961,041 words Critical essay John Knowles writes, in general, not about his home turf but about New England or Europe. Only one novel, Vein of Riches, and that not his best, is about West Virginia, his childhood home. His fictional world is a...

• John Knowles: Overview

  Author:J. Sydney JonesFrom:Reference Guide to American Literature (3^rd ed.)

  19941,591 words Critical essay First-novel success is both a blessing and a curse. It assures the young writer of an eager publisher and public for subsequent books, but also guarantees an uphill struggle with the critics. New novels will always be...