| Ann Petry's Short Fiction: Critical Essays Contributor(s): Ervin, Hazel (Editor), Holladay, Hilary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0313322910 ISBN-13: 9780313322914 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2004 Annotation: This collection of critical essays is the first work to examine all of the short stories of Ann Petry, a noted African American writer. While best known for her best-selling debut novel, "The Street," the focus of this text is her equally important, but less familiar, volume of short stories "Miss Muriel and Other Stories." Within Ann Petry's "Short Fiction: Critical Essays," contributors from a variety of disciplines, from literary studies to philosophy, analyze and comment on stories such as "Like a Winding Sheet," "Solo on the Drums," and "Olaf and His Girlfriend." Organized into three parts, the first section provides an overview of Petry's short fiction from different theoretical perspectives. In the following two segments, essays are arranged in chronological order, beginning with Petry's work from the 1940s. Contributors discuss her portrayal of characters and conflict as well as thematic threads that run through Petry's work. Taken together, these 14 essays constitute an invaluable companion to Petry's work. This illuminating collection will interest scholars of literature, history, and culture, as well as anyone interested in the fiction of Ann Petry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2004000646 |
| Series: Contributions in Afro-American & African Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.52" W x 9.54" (0.96 lbs) 179 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of critical essays is the first work to examine the short stories of Ann Petry, a noted African American writer. While best known for her best-selling debut novel, The Street, the focus of this text is her equally important, but less familiar, volume of short stories Miss Muriel and Other Stories. Within Ann Petry's Short Fiction: Critical Essays, contributors from a variety of disciplines, from literary studies to philosophy, analyze and comment on stories such as Mother Africa, In Darkness and Confusion, and The Witness. Organized into three parts, the first section provides an overview of Petry's short fiction from different theoretical perspectives. In the following two segments, essays are arranged in chronological order, beginning with Petry's work from the 1940s. Contributors discuss her portrayal of characters and conflict as well as thematic threads that run through Petry's work. Taken together, these 14 essays constitute an invaluable companion to Petry's work. This illuminating collection will interest scholars of literature, history, and culture, as well as anyone interested in the fiction of Ann Petry. |