This is the first book-length study of the popular novelist Tom Robbins. Whimsy and humor characterize Robbins' work, but style and language are the keystones. Hoyser and Stookey show how Robbins deftly uses style and humor to depict the absurdities...
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This is the first book-length study of the popular novelist Tom Robbins. Whimsy and humor characterize Robbins' work, but style and language are the keystones. Hoyser and Stookey show how Robbins deftly uses style and humor to depict the absurdities and injustices of our world. His novels constantly challenge perceptions of the world that people automatically label as normal. His fiction criticizes the complacency of humans in a world becoming increasingly alienated from nature and the joy of life. In addition to a critical analysis of each of his novels, the study contains biographical materi
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-165) and index
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Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Life of Tom Robbins; 2. Context and Style; 3. Another Roadside Attraction (1971); 4. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976); 5. Still Life with Woodpecker (1980); 6. Jitterbug Perfume (1984); 7. Skinny Legs and All (1990); 8. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1994); Bibliography; Index
