tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post2900649957044437682..comments2024-03-28T00:47:44.556+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: The Lonely Voice-A Study of the Short Story by Frank O'ConnorMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-84245471521708259182011-05-28T05:27:46.678+08:002011-05-28T05:27:46.678+08:00The Reid book is certainly not worth spending too ...The Reid book is certainly not worth spending too much money on...<br />Amazon.com can be quite expensive. I usually use bookfinder.com, which is a search engine comparing prices of many online booksellers (Amazon. com, .de, .co.uk, abebooks, alibris, and so on) and the advantage is that it includes the postage, so is easier to compare...Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718202185278281685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-6476152089210359952011-05-25T22:45:59.469+08:002011-05-25T22:45:59.469+08:00JoAnn-parts of the book are really annoying but it...JoAnn-parts of the book are really annoying but it is very much worth reading<br /><br />Will Elwood-thanks for the information-I will post on a couple of the Hemingway short stories that O'Connor talks about soon and will look at what he says about Hemingway-thanks for stopping by my blogMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-82691878359147777872011-05-25T22:43:43.255+08:002011-05-25T22:43:43.255+08:00Emeire-thanks for your great suggestions-I follow ...Emeire-thanks for your great suggestions-I follow Charles May's blog and might read his book one day-I checked the Reid book-out of print and very expensive on Amazon-I would for sure like to see O'Faolain's study-sadly there are no libraries where I live so I would have to buy these books to read them and I hesitate to buy literary criticism type of booksMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-42387967901427568032011-05-21T04:30:41.976+08:002011-05-21T04:30:41.976+08:00The Lonely Voice is aseminal work and one interest...The Lonely Voice is aseminal work and one interested in she short story should read it as it presents some useful ideas. However, I believe it is outdated. Amongst classical text on the short story, one should also read Poe's essays, Bowen's intro to the Penguin anthology (I think), O'Faolain's The Short Story and Reid's The Short Story (how imaginative). Charles E. May published a collection of essays on the short story and in it you can find some of these authors and many more, thus giving you an idea of the evolution of short story theory. Susan Lohafer also published an interesting collection with many contemporary essays on the short story, some actually been dedicated to teaching the short story.<br /><br />O'Connor is very selective in his choice of short stories and I believe that it does not reflect the variety of short stories published at the time...<br />EmEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718202185278281685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-81270650939723648392011-05-21T04:29:33.715+08:002011-05-21T04:29:33.715+08:00The Lonely Voice is aseminal work and one interest...The Lonely Voice is aseminal work and one interested in she short story should read it as it presents some useful ideas. However, I believe it is outdated. Amongst classical text on the short story, one should also read Poe's essays, Bowen's intro to the Penguin anthology (I think), O'Faolain's The Short Story and Reid's The Short Story (how imaginative). Charles E. May published a collection of essays on the short story and in it you can find some of these authors and many more, thus giving you an idea of the evolution of short story theory. Susan Lohafer also published an interesting collection with many contemporary essays on the short story, some actually been dedicated to teaching the short story.<br /><br />O'Connor is very selective in his choice of short stories and I believe that it does not reflect the variety of short stories published at the time...<br /><br />EmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-61489429819955984942011-05-17T22:48:09.512+08:002011-05-17T22:48:09.512+08:00The comment about Katherine Mansfield being "...The comment about Katherine Mansfield being "a brash young shop girl" I think is from Virginia Woolf. I remember it being mentioned in the Ali Smith introduction to the Penguin Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield. <br /><br />I'm interested in buying a copy of this book. What does he say about Hemingway?Will Ellwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728653142393354455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-4636552471138830322011-05-17T19:48:17.242+08:002011-05-17T19:48:17.242+08:00What a great post! I loved the single story I read...What a great post! I loved the single story I read by O'Connor ("First Confession") and would love to learn more about short stories in general. Have just requested this title from the library - thanks.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.com