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Chargement... Dawn Powell at Her Best (1994)par Dawn Powell
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The author changes personality depending on her locale; Dance Night partakes of Sherwood Anderson’s wistful mood of small-town disquiet and projects the blurred largeness and helpless emotional force of childhood impressions, whereas Turn, Magic Wheel has the giddiness and acidity of Evelyn Waugh and Aldous Huxley in such smart, edgy romps as Vile Bodies and Antic Hay—send-ups of modern sophistication from a modern, sophisticated standpoint. As Edmund Wilson pointed out in his own attempt, in 1962, to revive Powell’s fading reputation, “She is closer to this high social comedy than to any accepted brand of American humor.” Contient
Includes two novels and nine short stories with cynical, romantic, and humorous themes. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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