Edmond L. Volpe (1922–2007)
Auteur de A Reader's Guide to William Faulkner: The Novels
A propos de l'auteur
Edmond L. Volpe is professor emeritus at the City College of New York.
Crédit image: Edmond L. Volpe (2007)
Œuvres de Edmond L. Volpe
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Volpe, Edmond L.
- Nom légal
- Volpe, Edmond Loris
- Date de naissance
- 1922-11-16
- Date de décès
- 2007-12-14
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- VS
- Lieu de naissance
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Études
- University of Michigan (AB|1943)
Columbia University (AM|1947; PhD|1954) - Professions
- professor of English
college president - Organisations
- New York University
City College of New York
Richmond College
College of Staten Island
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 347
- Popularité
- #68,853
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 12
It's interesting to note that the stories by the earlier winners (except Rudyard Kipling) had a dominantly religious theme to them -- of poor individuals or communities of people with simple yet profound faith, and an almost mystic quality attributed to nature. The mood is mostly melancholic, the struggle to live hard and sometimes futile or violent. The later writers wrote on more varied subjects, and humour starts to peep through some of the writing. I found most memorable the following stories: The Procurator of Judea by Anatole France, The Crucifixion of the Outcast by William Butler Yeats, The Massacre of the Innocents by Maurice Maeterlinck, and The Guest by Albert Camus. Highly recommended.… (plus d'informations)