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Mary Wilkins Freeman : a study of the short fiction
- Title
- Mary Wilkins Freeman : a study of the short fiction / Mary R. Reichardt.
- Author
- Reichardt, Mary R.
- Publication
- New York : Twayne Publishers ; London : Prentice Hall International, [1997], ©1997.
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- Description
- xv, 219 pages : portrait; 23 cm.
- Summary
- In Mary Wilkins Freeman: A Study of the Short Fiction, Mary R. Reichardt presents a finely crafted overview of the writer's extensive, sometimes daunting body of short stories and helps readers attain a broad understanding of Freeman's multi-faceted achievement. Following a close reading of the theme, technique, and style of two stories, Reichardt surveys Freeman's short fiction during three phases of her career.
- For each of these phases Reichardt provides both individual analysis of selected stories and commentary about other tales representative of the period.
- Particularly useful is Reichardt's eclectic approach, combining a New Critical perspective with elements of reader-response, psychological, feminist and revisionist criticism; her careful attention to not just the well-known early stories but the innovative middle and later ones too; and her focus on Freeman as contributing profoundly to the development of the American short story.
- A clear and graceful guide to the stories of a writer who merits enduring attention, Mary Wilkins Freeman: A Study of the Short Fiction is suitable for a range of courses in English and women's studies.
- Series Statement
- Twayne's studies in short fiction
- Uniform Title
- Twayne's studies in short fiction.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-211) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Short Fiction. Influences, Aesthetics, and Two Characteristic Freeman Stories. Early Village Stories, 1882-1891: A Humble Romance and A New England Nun. Mid-Career Experiments, 1892-1903: Historical, Supernatural, Mystery, and Symbolic Stories. Later Stories, 1904-1928: Continuing Interests, New Moods and Subjects, Interrelated and Child-Protagonist Stories -- Pt. 2. The Writer. Author's Preface to the Edinburgh Edition of A Humble Romance. Good Wits, Pen and Paper. "Introductory Sketch" to Pembroke. Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights. The Girl Who Wants to Write: Things to Do and to Avoid. An Autobiography. My Maiden Effort. Excerpts from Letters -- Pt. 3. The Critics -- Introduction: Four Perspectives on "A New England Nun" Marjorie Pryse. Aliki Barnstone. Lorne Fienberg. Martha J. Cutter.
- ISBN
- 0805746269 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 97018464
- OCLC
- ocm37322680
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries