Dorothy Parker
By: by Arthur F. Kinney.
Series: Twayne's United States authors series ;; TUSAS 315
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: A critical and appreciative reassessment of the work of Parker. The author briefly examines her life and the influences on her writings, and then discusses her works in more detail. He argues that her poetry, fiction, and criticism reveal language of a dialogic nature, and that what many have seen as monotonal and trivial in her work is in fact a compound of confused and complicated voicings. What is most evident in Parker's work, he contends, is the admission of irresolution, and not evidence of ignorance. Annotation (by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.).
Notes: Bibliography: p. 193-195.
Includes index.