Carolyn Goffman （essay date Fall 1991）
SOURCE: “Beyond Reportage in Salvador,” in Connecticut Review, Vol. XIII, No. 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 15-21.
[In the following essay, Goffman reviews critical commentary on Salvador and concludes that Didion's unorthodox journalistic style allows the reader to identify more fully with her and with the situation in El Salvador.]
In the eight years since its publication, Joan Didion's Salvador has aroused a full spectrum of response, from criticism for sloppy reporting （Pilger） to praise...
Source: Contemporary Literary Criticism, ©2000 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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