Critical Essays on Kay Boyle FROM THE PUBLISHER
Critical Essays on American Literature Series. James Nagel, Zack Bowen, and Robert Lecker, series editors Kay Boyle, the most political writer of the Lost Generation, published more than thirty volumes of fiction, poetry, and essays on her seventy year career. In this comprehensive collection, including review essays by William Carlos Williams and Katherine Anne Porter as well as five original essays on Boyle s poetry, feminism, and autobiographical innovations, the reader will be able to trace a unique literary reputation.
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A collection of early reviews, critical essays, and modern
scholarship on the work of a US writer of the "lost generation," by
authors including William Carlos Williams, Katherine Anne Porter, and
Malcolm Cowley. Includes an introduction to Boyle's career and a
history of criticism of her work, plus five original essays
commissioned for this volume, on female roles and national identity,
gender politics of literary form in "Monday Night", and Boyle's
innovations in the autobiographical tradition.
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