THE SECRET HISTORY: A novel analysis
The secret history is a fictional novel written by an American writer Donna Tartt and was published in year 1992. It was the first novel of Donna Tartt and the story addresses a different perspective of typical college students’ life. Donna Tartt was born in the 23rd of December year 1963 in Greenwood, Mississippi. She enrolled in the University of Mississippi in which where her writings has caught the attention of a famous American writer Willie Morris. Morris, Barry Hannah an American novelist, and an Ole Miss writer admitted that the eighteen year old Tartt was a rare genius and a literary star and recommended her to transfer to another university. Tartt …show more content…
This prose style is uncommon in contemporary American literary fiction, particularly with the tendency of fiction writers and literary critics to favor a briefer, more to-the-point prose style. Her prose style stands in stark contrast to that of her former classmate Bret Easton Ellis, whose novel The Rules of Attraction incorporates a similar setting and has some overlap in character types and themes but is written in a curt, minimalist style A number of recurring literary themes occur in Tartt's novels, including those related to social class and social stratification, guilt, and aesthetic beauty [Wikipedia]. The novel The Secret History was the first novel of Donna Tartt and 75,000 print orders was made for the first edition different from the usual 10,000 order for a debut novel [Wikipedia]. She sold million copies of the book and became an international sensation. The book became a best seller which gave Tartt a name in the field of novel writing. She started writing this book during her second year at Bennington and it took her 8 years to write and to publish the book [Book
The secret history is a fictional novel written by an American writer Donna Tartt and was published in year 1992. It was the first novel of Donna Tartt and the story addresses a different perspective of typical college students’ life. Donna Tartt was born in the 23rd of December year 1963 in Greenwood, Mississippi. She enrolled in the University of Mississippi in which where her writings has caught the attention of a famous American writer Willie Morris. Morris, Barry Hannah an American novelist, and an Ole Miss writer admitted that the eighteen year old Tartt was a rare genius and a literary star and recommended her to transfer to another university. Tartt …show more content…
This prose style is uncommon in contemporary American literary fiction, particularly with the tendency of fiction writers and literary critics to favor a briefer, more to-the-point prose style. Her prose style stands in stark contrast to that of her former classmate Bret Easton Ellis, whose novel The Rules of Attraction incorporates a similar setting and has some overlap in character types and themes but is written in a curt, minimalist style A number of recurring literary themes occur in Tartt's novels, including those related to social class and social stratification, guilt, and aesthetic beauty [Wikipedia]. The novel The Secret History was the first novel of Donna Tartt and 75,000 print orders was made for the first edition different from the usual 10,000 order for a debut novel [Wikipedia]. She sold million copies of the book and became an international sensation. The book became a best seller which gave Tartt a name in the field of novel writing. She started writing this book during her second year at Bennington and it took her 8 years to write and to publish the book [Book