Miss Muriel, and Other Stories (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ann Petry
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Blacks, Marriage, Prejudices or antipathies, Rape, Minorities, Riots, Sculpture
The pieces in this volume range over several decades of Petry's career and provide a compact introduction to her imaginative concerns, chief among them racism's psychological consequences. In the prize-winning story “Like a Winding Sheet,” a husband's impotence before the racist assaults he sees all around him makes him respond to his wife's affectionate teasing with the beating he is forbidden to direct at his real oppressors. His actions lay bare the starkness of the struggle between male and female in Petry's world and the sobering betrayals that occur in it.
“In...
[The entire page is 923 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
See Also
