Bobbie Ann Mason : a study of the short fiction / Albert Wilhelm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilhelm, Albert.

Series:

Twayne's studies in short fiction ; no. 74.

Twayne's studies in short fiction ; no. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mason, Bobbie Ann--Criticism and interpretation.

Mason, Bobbie Ann.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

History.

Kentucky--In literature.

Kentucky.

Short story.

Physical Description:

xii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International, [1998]

Summary:

This is the only series to provide in-depth critical introductions to major modern and contemporary short story writers worldwide.

Each volume offers:

-- A comprehensive overview of the artist's short fiction -- including detailed analyses of every significant story

-- Interviews, essays, memoirs and other biographical materials -- often previously unpublished

-- A representative selection of critical responses

-- A comprehensive primary bibliography, a selected bibliography of important criticism, a chronology of the artist's life and works and an index

Contents:

Part 1. The Short Fiction

Travelers and Pilgrims: Looking for Love, Purpose, and Fulfillment in Many of the Wrong Places 7

Cultivators of Their Own Gardens: Invoking the Pastoral 47

Craftspeople and Artists: Assembling the Parts of a Coherent Whole 59

Part 2. The Writer

An Interview with Bobbie Ann Mason / Bonnie Lyons, Bill Oliver 110

An Interview with Bobbie Ann Mason / Albert Wilhelm 128

Part 3. The Critics

Richard Giannone 138

Leslie White 152.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-170) and index.

ISBN:

080571670X

OCLC:

39269579