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A critical analysis of Price's writing from his first novel in 1962 to 1995, noting how American literary trends have often run counter to the course of his career. Emphasizes such characteristics as his concern with family and love, underlying belief in the presence of a universal design, rich narrative voice rooted in his native North Carolina, and depiction of rural familiarity. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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In the first critical analysis of Reynolds Price's writings to appear in more than a decade, James A. Schiff traces the development of one of America's most esteemed writers from the publication in 1962 of his award-winning first novel, A Long and Happy Life, to the arrival in 1995 of the long-awaited third volume of his Mayfield trilogy, The Promise of Rest. Demonstrating how literary trends have often run counter to Price's career, Schiff argues that Price has remained committed to a personal vision unlike that of any contemporary American writer.
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