Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Understanding Dave Eggers, Timothy W. Galow, (electronic resource/)

Understanding Dave Eggers, Timothy W. Galow, (electronic resource/)

Creator
Author
Summary
"Understanding Dave Eggers surveys the work of one of the most celebrated American authors of the twenty-first century and is the first book-length study incorporating Eggers's novels, short-story collections, and film scripts. With a style aimed at students and general readers alike, Timothy W. Galow offers a textual analysis that uniquely combines Eggers's early autobiographical works and the subject of celebrity as well as his later texts that deal with humanitarian issues. Galow devotes a chapter to each of Eggers's major works, from his first book, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, though his recent novel, A Hologram for the King, a National Book Award finalist about an aging American businessman chasing success in Saudi Arabia. Other chapters cover You Shall Know Our Velocity, What Is the What, and Zeitoun. Each chapter studies the major themes and styles of the featured work while also placing it in the context of Eggers's oeuvre. In this way Galow examines each text in its own right, but he also offers us a larger guide to all of Egger's work. Providing important historical background for understanding Eggers's literary work, Galow examines how Eggers's texts are deeply invested in both his own public persona and the changing cultural conditions in the United States over the past twenty years. Galow's careful analysis is conveyed in clear language that engages issues important to contemporary critics without being pedantic or jargon laden. As a result Understanding Dave Eggers can serve as a useful introduction to the author's work or a valuable resource for the devoted reader"--
Language
eng
Work
Instance
Label
Understanding Dave Eggers
Title
Understanding Dave Eggers
Statement of responsibility
Timothy W. Galow
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Understanding Dave Eggers surveys the work of one of the most celebrated American authors of the twenty-first century and is the first book-length study incorporating Eggers's novels, short-story collections, and film scripts. With a style aimed at students and general readers alike, Timothy W. Galow offers a textual analysis that uniquely combines Eggers's early autobiographical works and the subject of celebrity as well as his later texts that deal with humanitarian issues. Galow devotes a chapter to each of Eggers's major works, from his first book, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, though his recent novel, A Hologram for the King, a National Book Award finalist about an aging American businessman chasing success in Saudi Arabia. Other chapters cover You Shall Know Our Velocity, What Is the What, and Zeitoun. Each chapter studies the major themes and styles of the featured work while also placing it in the context of Eggers's oeuvre. In this way Galow examines each text in its own right, but he also offers us a larger guide to all of Egger's work. Providing important historical background for understanding Eggers's literary work, Galow examines how Eggers's texts are deeply invested in both his own public persona and the changing cultural conditions in the United States over the past twenty years. Galow's careful analysis is conveyed in clear language that engages issues important to contemporary critics without being pedantic or jargon laden. As a result Understanding Dave Eggers can serve as a useful introduction to the author's work or a valuable resource for the devoted reader"--
Member of
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
N$T
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Galow, Timothy W
Dewey number
813/.6
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
PS3605.G48
LC item number
Z76 2014eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Understanding contemporary American literature
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Eggers, Dave
  • Eggers, Dave
  • Eggers, Dave
  • American literature
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • American literature
Label
Understanding Dave Eggers, Timothy W. Galow, (electronic resource/)
Link
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=750208
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn895049080
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781611174281
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)895049080
  • (Sirsi) a1866399
Label
Understanding Dave Eggers, Timothy W. Galow, (electronic resource/)
Link
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=750208
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn895049080
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781611174281
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)895049080
  • (Sirsi) a1866399

Subject

Genre

Member of

Library Locations

  • Bracewell Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    9002 Kingspoint Dr., Houston, TX, 77075, US
    29.6015138 -95.2454642
  • Carnegie Neighborhood Library and Center for LivingBorrow it
    1050 Quitman, Houston, TX, 77009, US
    29.7820733 -95.3585081
  • Central Library, Jesse H. Jones BuildingBorrow it
    500 McKinney St., Houston, TX, 77002, US
    29.759431 -95.369953
  • Clayton Library for Genealogical ResearchBorrow it
    5300 Caroline, Houston, TX, 77004, US
    29.7261735 -95.3860972
  • Collier Regional LibraryBorrow it
    6200 Pinemont, Houston, TX, 77092, US
    29.8408138 -95.4826992
  • Dixon Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    8002 Hirsch, Houston, TX, 77016, US
    29.8333391 -95.3287599
  • Fifth Ward Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    4014 Market St., Houston, TX, 77020, US
    29.7721894 -95.3305948
  • Floating CollectionBorrow it
  • Flores Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    110 North Milby, Houston, TX, 77003, US
    29.7509344 -95.3348857
  • Freed-Montrose Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    4100 MOntrose, Houston, TX, 77006, US
    29.7355032 -95.391542
  • HPL Digitized CollectionsBorrow it
  • HPL Express Discovery GreenBorrow it
    1500 McKinney St., R2, Houston, TX, 77010, US
    29.7541503 -95.3605381
  • HPL Express SouthwestBorrow it
    6400 High Star, Houston, TX, 77074, US
    29.71093979999999 -95.49596849999999
  • HPL Interlibrary LoanBorrow it
  • Heights Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    1302 Heights Blvd., Houston, TX, 77008, US
    29.794697 -95.397294
  • Henington-Alief Regional LibraryBorrow it
    7979 South Kirkwood, Houston, TX, 77072, US
    29.6922226 -95.5870466
  • Hillendahl Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    2436 Gessner Rd., Houston, TX, 77008, US
    29.815604 -95.5447456
  • Houston Metropolitan Research Center at the Julia Ideson BuildingBorrow it
    550 McKinney St., Houston, TX, 77002, US
    29.7589504 -95.3691522
  • Johnson Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    3517 Reed Rd., Houston, TX, 77051, US
    29.65877739999999 -95.3708359
  • Jungman Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    5830 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX, 77057, US
    29.7384812 -95.4812985
  • Kendall Drive-upBorrow it
    609 N. Eldridge, Houston, TX, 77079, US
    29.7730552 -95.6205706
  • Kendall Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    609 N. Eldridge, Houston, TX, 77079, US
    29.7730552 -95.6205706
  • Lakewood Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    8815 Feland St., Houston, TX, 77028, US
    29.84134 -95.26759919999999
  • Looscan Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    2510 Willowick, Houston, TX, 77027, US
    29.7427971 -95.4420007
  • Mancuso Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    6767 Bellfort, Houston, TX, 77087, US
    29.668117 -95.31027840000002
  • McCrane-Kashmere Gardens Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    5411 Pardee St., Houston, TX, 77026, US
    29.8061908 -95.31667019999999
  • McGovern-Stella Link Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    7405 Stella Link, Hosuotn, TX, 77025, US
    29.6980976 -95.43970879999999
  • Melcher Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    7200 Keller, Houston, TX, 77012, US
    29.706187 -95.289578
  • Meyer Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    5005 West Bellfort, Houston, TX, 77035, US
    29.6680766 -95.4661107
  • Moody Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    9525 Irvington, Houston, TX, 77076, US
    29.8475523 -95.36253049999999
  • Morris Frank Library an HPL Express LocationBorrow it
    10103 Fondren, Brays Oaks Tower Building, Houston, TX, 77096, US
    29.6699914 -95.4830243
  • Oak Forest Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    1349 West 43rd Street, Houston, TX, 77018, US
    29.8275745 -95.4340011
  • Parent Resource Library – Children’s Museum of HoustonBorrow it
    1500 Binz, Houston, TX, 77004, US
    29.72274749999999 -95.385048
  • Park Place regional LibraryBorrow it
    8145 Park Place, Houston, TX, 77017, US
    29.687169 -95.27569899999999
  • Pleasantville Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    1520 Gellhorn, Houston, TX, 77029, US
    29.763806 -95.2732243
  • Ring Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    8835 Long Point, Houston, TX, 77055, US
    29.8026 -95.507916
  • Robinson-Westchase Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    3223 Wilcrest, Houston, TX, 77042, US
    29.72902849999999 -95.5712034
  • Scenic Woods regional LibraryBorrow it
    10677 Homestead Rd., Houston, TX, 77016, US
    29.8698482 -95.30108519999999
  • Shepard-Acres Homes Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    8501 West Montgomery, Houston, TX, 77008, US
    29.8710208 -95.43731269999999
  • Smith Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    3624 Scott st., Houston, TX, 77004, US
    29.7227187 -95.3517172
  • Stanaker Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    611 S-Sgt Macario Garcia, Houston, TX, 77011, US
    29.7400079 -95.3030306
  • Stimely-Blue Ridge Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    7007 W. Fuqua, Houston, TX, 77489, US
    29.5984531 -95.4910613
  • The African American Library at the Gregory SchoolBorrow it
    1300 Victor Street, Houston, TX, 77019, US
    29.7540795 -95.3805613
  • Tuttle Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    702 Kress, Houston, TX, 77002, US
    29.7761689 -95.3077423
  • Vinson Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    3810 W. Fuqua, Houston, TX, 77045, US
    29.6141508 -95.43359149999999
  • Walter Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    7660 Clarewood, Houston, TX, 77036, US
    29.709814 -95.52082
  • Young Neighborhood LibraryBorrow it
    5260 Griggs Rd. Palm Center, Houston, TX, 77021, US
    29.6951263 -95.3318261

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Houston Public Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.
Processing Feedback ...