![]() ![]() ![]() What becomes clear is that while the author’s religious beliefs inform her fiction, she never offers easy answers. In chapters devoted to each of Giardina’s novels, Jolliff attends to her uses of history, her formal techniques, and the central themes that make each work significant. Though addressing all three, Heeding the Call foregrounds the theological because it is the least accessible to most readers and critics. Jolliff proposes that Giardina’s fiction be considered under three thematic complexes: regional, political, and theological. In Heeding the Call, William Jolliff offers the first book-length discussion of West Virginia writer and activist Denise Giardina, perhaps best known for her novel Storming Heaven, which helped spark renewed interest in the turn-of-the-century Mine Wars. ![]() Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. ![]()
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