Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and index.
Contents
ch. 1. Life of Ernest J. Gaines -- ch. 2. Genres -- ch. 3. Catherine Carmier (1964) -- ch. 4. Of love and dust (1967) -- ch. 5. Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971) -- ch. 6. In my father's house (1978) -- ch. 7. Gathering of old men (1938) -- ch. 8. Lesson before dying (1994) -- ch. 9. Short stories: Bloodline (1968).