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100 1  Cusatis, John. 
245 10 Understanding Colum McCann /|cJohn Cusatis. 
264  1 Columbia :|bUniversity of South Carolina Press,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    1 online resource (239 pages). 
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490 1  Understanding contemporary American literature 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Understanding Colum McCann -- Fishing the Sloe-Black River
       -- Songdogs -- This side of brightness -- Everything in 
       this country must -- Dancer -- Zoli -- Let the great world
       spin. 
520    Understanding Colum McCann chronicles the Irish-born 
       writer's journey to literary celebrity from his days as a 
       teenage sportswriter for the Irish Press in the 1970s, 
       through the publication of his award-winning first story, 
       "Tresses," in 1990, to his winning the 2009 National Book 
       Award in fiction for the international bestseller Let the 
       Great World Spin. In this first critical study of McCann's
       body of work, John Cusatis provides an introduction to 
       McCann's life and career; an overview of his major themes,
       style, and influences; and close readings of his two short
       story collections and five novels. 
520    Cusatis traces McCann's redefinition of the Irish novel, 
       exploring the author's propensity for transcending 
       aesthetic, cultural, ethnic, geographical, and social 
       boundaries in his ascent from the status of "Irish 
       novelist" to "international novelist." In the process this
       study illuminates the various incarnations of McCann's 
       perennial subject: exile, both geographical and emotional.
       Cusatis also delineates how the influences of McCann's 
       Irish upbringing, his penchant for international travel, 
       and his exhaustive and eclectic reading of literature 
       manifest themselves in his fiction. Close attention is 
       given to McCann's stylistic trademarks, such as his poetic
       voice, use of Christian symbolism, Irish and classical 
       mythology, intertextuality, multiple viewpoints, nonlinear
       plot structure, and the merger of what McCann deems 
       "factual truth" and "textual truth." 
520    Understanding Colum McCann makes use of the existing body 
       of published interviews, profiles, and critical articles, 
       as well as a decade of correspondence between Cusatis and 
       McCann. With international interest in McCann on the rise,
       this first full-length study of his career to date serves 
       as an ideal point of entrance for students, scholars, and 
       serious readers and offers the biographical and critical 
       foundation necessary for a deeper understanding of 
       McCann's fiction. --Book Jacket. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 McCann, Colum,|d1965- 
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650  7 LITERARY CRITICISM|xEuropean|xEnglish, Irish, Scottish, 
       Welsh.|2bisacsh 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aCusatis, John.|tUnderstanding Colum 
       McCann.|dColumbia : University of South Carolina Press, 
       ©2011|z9781570039492|w(DLC)  2010025484|w(OCoLC)639159213 
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