Download or read book Dark Eyes on America written by Gavin Cologne-Brookes and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Eyes on America illuminates the vision of one of America's most extraordinary and prolific woman of letters, Joyce Carol Oates. In this remarkable study, the author discovers in her novels an evolving consciousness that ultimately forgoes abstract introspection in favor of a more practical approach to art as a tool for understanding both personal and social challenges. Cologne-Brookes's conversations and correspondence with Oates combined with his close textual study of her novels and abundant references to her writings result in an exceptional work, critically synthesizing the layers of her writing.