Millions have read Larry McMurtry's novel, though few conciously understand the subtle underlying themes that charachterize his fiction. Roger Walton Jones examines McMurtry's lifelong interest in Victorian authors and their influence on his novels. Emphasizing the common sense of dislacement McMurtry shared with the Victorians, Jones identifies three Victoria themes by which McMurtry reconciles the reader to experience and gives his art a religious function: the individual's importance to society; the conflict between civilization and nature in an industrial age; and the attempt to find...
Millions have read Larry McMurtry's novel, though few conciously understand the subtle underlying themes that charachterize his fiction. Roger Wa...
