Stuart, Jesse (Vol. 1) - Stuart, Jesse 1907–
Stuart, Jesse 1907–
American short story writer, novelist, and poet. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.)
When the definitive history of the American short story is written, Jesse Stuart's name may well be near the top of the list of the best writers in this genre. For Stuart, in the timeless vignettes of his short stories, has done what every great writer longs to do. He has created a place and wedged it everlastingly in the imagination of America. His stories have given a voice to the far and lost land of the Appalachians, a voice which calls us ever and delightedly into the outdoor world. The reader of any volume of Stuart short stories opens the book and feels immediately the fine mist of nature blowing into his face. This is the world that Stuart has made in the medium of the short story, and it can no longer be ignored by serious critics. It would be difficult, for instance, to ignore the three hundred and forty...
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