Besner, Neil K. The Light of Imagination: Mavis Gallant’s Fiction. University of British Columbia Press.
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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Textual Production | Mavis Gallant | The Macmillan of Canada
publication of MG
's short-story collection From the Fifteenth District: A Novella and Eight Short Storiesfirmly established her growing reputation in Canada. Besner, Neil K. The Light of Imagination: Mavis Gallant’s Fiction. University of British Columbia Press. ix New York Times. New York Times Company. 2 October 1979 |
Publishing | Ethel Wilson | |
Publishing | Ethel Wilson | EW
was characteristically apprehensive about publicity. She strictly controlled the content of the publicity articles which appeared before the novel's publication. They included simply her account of the novel occurring to her in a dream... |
Literary responses | Ethel Wilson | One typical critical response to Hetty Dorval can be found in the New York Times Book Review. There Seymour Krim
wrote: It has in it just enough solid merit to make its ultimate failure... |
Publishing | Ethel Wilson | |
Publishing | Ethel Wilson | |
Literary responses | Ethel Wilson | Negative reviews seemed to repeat Macmillan
's original worry that the collection was half-cooked. Aunt Topaz was characterized by the Canadian Forum as a terrible bore, whom the reviewer found almost as tiresome to... |
Publishing | Ethel Wilson | |
Publishing | Ethel Wilson | The US edition of Swamp Angel was published by Harper's
at the same time as the Canadian edition. During negotiations over it, Harper's readers felt that the story was too slight and that too many... |
Publishing | Ethel Wilson | The early manuscript of Miss Cuppy departs from EW
's work significantly, as it is written in the first person. Ellen Cuppy explicitly announces her intention to write a book. After considering the problem of... |
Textual Production | Ethel Wilson | |
Textual Production | Ethel Wilson | |
Textual Production | Ethel Wilson | |
Textual Production | Ethel Wilson | |
Textual Production | Ethel Wilson | EW
's final volume, Mrs. Golightly and other stories, appeared from Macmillan
. Its critical success, and the way that later Canadian anthologies drew on it, established Wilson as a master of short fiction. Stouck, David. Ethel Wilson: A Critical Biography. University of Toronto Press. 251-2 OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
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