Madden, David (Vol. 5) - Madden, David 1933–
Madden, David 1933–
An American poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist, Madden is also the editor of American Dreams, American Nightmares, and Rediscoveries, two excellent critical collections. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
David Madden wrote of Joyce Carol Oates: "She is one of the few writers today who has the vision to disturb my sleep, to frighten me when, in banal moments, I involuntarily recall a mood from one of her stories. After reading Miss Oates, one's casual moments are not one's own." Up to now Madden's own curious, lively writing has never threatened me in this way. His criticism has been sharp and far-ranging, his fiction uneven. At times he seemed to be experimenting for ways to retell the same adventures, searching as it were for the exact form to come to terms with whatever haunted him, whatever forced him to write. Finally, in Bijou, he has managed to put it all together. Two...
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