qtd. in
Dews, Carlos L., and Carson McCullers. “Chronology and Notes”. Complete Novels, Library of America, Literary Classics of the United States, 2001, pp. 807-27.
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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Literary responses | Carson McCullers | In England, Edith Sitwell
called CMCa transcendental writer, and V. S. Pritchettthe most remarkable novelist to come out of America for a generation. qtd. in Dews, Carlos L., and Carson McCullers. “Chronology and Notes”. Complete Novels, Library of America, Literary Classics of the United States, 2001, pp. 807-27. 815 |
Literary responses | Daphne Du Maurier | Rebecca was DDM
's best known work, earning her massive profits, and it has become one of the most widely read novels of all time. Kelly, Richard. Daphne du Maurier. Twayne, 1987. 66 |
Literary responses | George Eliot | The critical tide did not turn (despite some acute criticism from Virginia Woolf
, who called Middlemarchthe magnificent book which with all its imperfections is one of the few English novels written for grown-up... |
Literary responses | E. H. Young | The New York Times Book Review found this book charmingly realistic; qtd. in Mezei, Kathy, and Chiara Briganti. “’She must be a very good novelist’: Rereading E. H. Young (1880-1949)”. English Studies in Canada, Vol. 27 , No. 3, Sept. 2001, pp. 303-31. 315 |
Literary responses | E. H. Young | V. S. Pritchett
was moved by The Curate's Wife to liken EHY
(as did many critics) to Austen
. Mezei, Kathy, and Chiara Briganti. “’She must be a very good novelist’: Rereading E. H. Young (1880-1949)”. English Studies in Canada, Vol. 27 , No. 3, Sept. 2001, pp. 303-31. 315 |
Literary responses | E. H. Young | V. S. Pritchett
reviewed this novel favourably for the New Statesman and Nation. Briganti, Chiara, and Kathy Mezei. Domestic Modernism, the Interwar Novel, and E. H. Young. Ashgate, 2006. 185 Mezei, Kathy, and Chiara Briganti. “’She must be a very good novelist’: Rereading E. H. Young (1880-1949)”. English Studies in Canada, Vol. 27 , No. 3, Sept. 2001, pp. 303-31. 304 |
Literary responses | Eudora Welty | In an appreciative review, V. S. Pritchett
described Edna Earle's monologic narrative as remarkable for its headlong garrulity and also for its preposterous silences and changes of subject at the crises of the tale.EW |
Literary responses | Elizabeth Taylor | Julia Strachey
and Pamela Hansford Johnson
both slammed A Wreath of Roses. Beauman, Nicola. The Other Elizabeth Taylor. Persephone Books, 2009. 214-15 |
Literary responses | Freya Stark | The Valleys of the Assassins is perhaps FS
's most lasting success. One of its first readers was T. E. Lawrence
, who was sent a copy of the book by Sir Sydney Cockerell
... |
Literary responses | Rosamond Lehmann | This novel was not a popular success. Reviews were mostly negative, although there were some flattering comments scattered among the criticism. New Republic termed the book excellent, but the Times Literary Supplement called it disappointing... |
Performance of text | Elizabeth Bowen | EB
, Graham Greene
, and V. S. Pritchett
read on the BBC Third Programme
letters which they had exchanged about the writer's role in society. Greene, Graham. Graham Greene. A Life in Letters. Editor Greene, Richard, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 147 |
Publishing | Mary Lavin | ML
published at Boston her Collected Stories, with an introduction by V. S. Pritchett
(not the same publication as the three-volume Stories of Mary Lavin, published at London). Krawschak, Ruth, and Regina Mahlke. Mary Lavin: A Checklist. R. Krawschak, 1979. 30 |
Reception | Rose Macaulay | A propos of this publication, V. S. Pritchett
wrote: Activity was her principle, asking questions her ironical pleasure. qtd. in Lefanu, Sarah. Rose Macaulay. Virago, 2003. 9 |
Textual Production | Mary Lavin | Pritchett
wrote, I cannot think of any Irish writer who has gone so profoundly without fear into the Irish heart. qtd. in Peterson, Richard F. Mary Lavin. Twayne, 1978. 143 |