John Edgar Wideman,9780805708707

John Edgar Wideman

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ISBN13: 9780805708707
ISBN10: 0805708707
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-02-01
Publisher(s): Twayne Pub
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Summary

This is the only series to provide in-depth critical introductions to major modern and contemporary short story writers worldwide.

Each volume offers:

-- A comprehensive overview of the artist's short fiction -- including detailed analyses of every significant story

-- Interviews, essays, memoirs and other biographical materials -- often previously unpublished

-- A representative selection of critical responses

-- A comprehensive primary bibliography, a selected bibliography of important criticism, a chronology of the artist's life and works and an index

Table of Contents

Preface ix(3)
Acknowledgments xii
PART 1. THE SHORT FICTION 3(78)
Family History: Damballah
3(31)
Fever: Storytelling and the Quest for Meaning
34(22)
Voices from Beyond: All Stories Are True
56(21)
Notes to Part 1
77(4)
PART 2. THE WRITER 81(22)
Introduction 81(2)
Going Home: A Conversation with John Edgar Wideman
83(7)
WILFRED D. SAMUELS
An Interview with John Edgar Wideman
90(8)
CHARLES H. ROWELL
Home: An Interview with John Edgar Wideman
98(5)
JESSICA LUSTIG
PART 3. THE CRITICS 103(10)
Introduction 103(2)
James W. Coleman
105(2)
Sven Birkerts
107(4)
Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
111(2)
Chronology 113(2)
Selected Bibliography 115(2)
Index 117

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