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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100313331154

ISBN-139780313331152

eBay Product ID (ePID)44184188

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameScott Turow : a Critical Companion

Publication Year2005

SubjectGeneral, American / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorGina Macdonald, Andrew F. Macdonald

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

SeriesCritical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight20.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2004-028233

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"One of a series of companions to popular literature, this volume focuses on six of Turow's best-selling novels. The introductory chapters provide a brief biography of the "literary lawyer," as he is called here, and describe his literary influences. The discussions of the novels cover their structure, themes, character development and use of genre conventions. The text is written for the general reader."-Reference & Research Book News, "One of a series of companions to popular literature, this volume focuses on six of Turow's best-selling novels. The introductory chapters provide a brief biography of the "literary lawyer," as he is called here, and describe his literary influences. The discussions of the novels cover their structure, themes, character development and use of genre conventions. The text is written for the general reader." Reference & Research Book News, 'One of a series of companions to popular literature, this volume focuses on six of Turow's best-selling novels. The introductory chapters provide a brief biography of the "literary lawyer," as he is called here, and describe his literary influences. The discussions of the novels cover their structure, themes, character development and use of genre conventions. The text is written for the general reader.'-Reference & Research Book News, "One of a series of companions to popular literature, this volume focuses on six of TuroW's best-selling novels. The introductory chapters provide a brief biography of the literary lawyer, as he is called here, and describe his literary influences. The discussions of the novels cover their structure, themes, character development and use of genre conventions. The text is written for the general reader." - Reference & Research Book News, "One of a series of companions to popular literature, this volume focuses on six of Turow's best-selling novels. The introductory chapters provide a brief biography of the literary lawyer, as he is called here, and describe his literary influences. The discussions of the novels cover their structure, themes, character development and use of genre conventions. The text is written for the general reader." -- Reference & Research Book News, "One of a series of companions to popular literature, this volume focuses on six of Turow's best-selling novels. The introductory chapters provide a brief biography of the "literary lawyer," as he is called here, and describe his literary influences. The discussions of the novels cover their structure, themes, character development and use of genre conventions. The text is written for the general reader."- Reference & Research Book News, "One of a series of companions to popular literature, this volume focuses on six of Turow's best-selling novels. The introductory chapters provide a brief biography of the literary lawyer, as he is called here, and describe his literary influences. The discussions of the novels cover their structure, themes, character development and use of genre conventions. The text is written for the general reader." - Reference & Research Book News

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813.54

Table Of ContentSeries Foreword by Kathleen Gregory Klein Acknowledgments The Life of Scott Turow: The Making and Shaping of a Literary Lawyer Scott Turow's Literary Heritage Presumed Innocent (1987) Burden of Proof (1990): Family Politics Pleading Guilty (1993) The Laws of Our Fathers (1996) Personal Injuries (1999): Legal and Otherwise Reversible Errors (2002): The Death Penalty Revisited Conclusion: Will Turow's Canon Have the Staying Power of Literature? Bibliography Index

SynopsisScott Turow is a novelist, lawyer, and humanist who has fused his two passions, writing and the law, to create challenging novels that raise significant legal issues and test the justice of present laws. In all of his books, Turow reveals the moral ambiguities that afflict both accuser and accused, and challenges his readers to reconsider their preconceived notions of justice. Beginning with One-L, his first published work about the first-year law school experience, Turow continues to capture his readers' imagination with books such as Presumed Innocent and Burden of Proof., Scott Turow is a novelist, lawyer, and humanist who has fused his two passions, writing and the law, to create challenging novels that raise significant legal issues and test the justice of present laws. In all of his books, Turow reveals the moral ambiguities that afflict both accuser and accused, and challenges his readers to reconsider their preconceived notions of justice. Beginning with One-L , his first published work about the first-year law school experience, Turow continues to capture his readers' imaginations with books such as Presumed Innocent and Burden of Proof ., Novelist, lawyer, and humanist Scott Turow has made the legal mystery a modern phenomenon, with books such as Presumed Innocent, Pleading Guilty, and Reversible Errors.

LC Classification NumberPS3570