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Elizabeth Bowen (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Elizabeth Bowen is as well known for her ten novels as she is for her short-story collections. She also wrote books of history, travel, literary essays, personal impressions, a play, and a children’s book.
Achievements
Elizabeth Bowen’s career is distinguished by achievements on two separate, though related, fronts. On the one hand, she was among the most well-known and accomplished British women novelists of her generation, a generation which, in the period between the wars, did much to consolidate the distinctive existence of...
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Bowen’s Court (Nonfiction) -
Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen, The (Women’s Literature) -
Death of the Heart, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Death of the Heart, The (Women’s Literature) -
Death of the Heart, The (Character Profiles) -
Death of the Heart, The (Literary Places) -
Demon Lover, The (Short Stories) -
Eva Trout (British Fiction) -
Eva Trout (Character Profiles) -
Happy Autumn Fields, The (Short Stories) -
Heat of the Day, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Heat of the Day, The (Women’s Literature) -
Heat of the Day, The (Character Profiles) -
Heat of the Day, The (Literary Places) -
Her Table Spread (Short Stories) -
House in Paris, The (Masterplots Classics) -
House in Paris, The (Character Profiles) -
House in Paris, The (Literary Places) -
Ivy Gripped the Steps (Short Stories) -
Little Girls, The (British Fiction) -
Little Girls, The (Character Profiles) -
Mulberry Tree, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Mysterious Kor (Short Stories) -
Queer Heart, A (Short Stories) -
Summer Night, A (Short Stories) -
Tears, Idle Tears (Short Stories) -
World of Love, A (British Fiction) -
World of Love, A (Character Profiles) -
Irish Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
Supernatural Story, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
