Title: Dorothy Parker
First published: 1978
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.).
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Women and literature, History, American Authors, Biography, Critique et interpretation, Biographies, Ecrivains americains, Critique et interprétation, Écrivains américains
Places: United States
People: Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS3531.A5855 Z73