Dorothy Parker (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
Other Literary Forms
Dorothy Parker’s principal writings, identified by Alexander Woolcott as “a potent distillation of nectar and wormwood,” are short stories and verse—not serious “poetry,” she claimed. Her poetic volumes include Enough Rope (1926), Sunset Gun (1928), and Death and Taxes (1931)—mostly lamentations for loves lost, never found, or gone awry. She wrote witty drama reviews for Vanity Fair (1918-1920), Ainslee’s (1920-1933), and The New Yorker (1931); and terse, tart book reviews for The New Yorker...
[The entire page is 2359 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
Related Topics
