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Volume 131

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, and Other Creative Writers Who Lived between 1900 and 1999, from the First Published Critical Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Janet Witalec Project Editor
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vol. 131
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Acknowledgments

The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of TCLC. Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN TCLC, VOLUME 131, WAS REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

The Antioch Review, v. 52, Fall, 1994. Copyright © 1994 by the Antioch Review Inc. Reproduced by permission of the Editors.—Antipodas: Journal of Hispanic Studies of the University of Auckland and La Trobe University, v. 1, July 1991. Reproduced by permission.—The Atlantic Monthly, v. 249, March 3, 1982 “What It Was Like,” by Maureen Howard. Reproduced by permission of Maureen Howard and the Watkins/Loomis Agency.—Bulletin of Hispanic Studies,

  • v. 69, October 1992. Reproduced by permission.—Chasqui, v. 20, May 1991. Reproduced by permission.—Contemporary Review, v. 263, July, 1993. Copyright Contemporary Review Company, LTD. 1993. Reproduced by permission.—Eire-Ireland, v. VIII, Spring, 1973; , v. XV, 1980. Copyright © 1973, 1980 by the Irish American Cultural Institute. Reproduced by permission.—Forum for Modern Language Studies, v. 15, April 1979 for “Onetti and the Meaning of Fiction: Notes on ‘La Muerte y la Nina’,” by Arthur Terry. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Hispanic Review,
  • v. 64, Fall 1996. Reproduced by permission.—Hispanofila, v. 31, September 1987. Reproduced by permission.—The Hudson Review, v. 41, Winter, 1989. Copyright © 1989 by The Hudson Review, Inc. Reproduced by permission.—Iberoromania, v. 17, 1983. Reproduced by permission.—London Review of Books, v. 16, July 21, 1994. Reproduced by permission.—MLN, v. 102, March 1987. Reproduced by permission.—The Nation, v. 236, March 19, 1983. Reproduced by permission.—Neophilologus, v. 75, April 1991. Reproduced by permission.—The New Leader, v. 65, March 8, 1982. Reproduced by permission.—New York Review of Books, v. 32, July 18, 1985. Copyright © 1985 NYREV, Inc. Reproduced by permission.—The New Yorker, v. 59, May 30, 1983. Reproduced by permission.—The Observer, June 19, 1994 for a review of The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, by Anne Chisholm. Reproduced by the author.—Romance Quarterly, v. 34, May 1987. Reproduced by permission.—Selecta, 1981. Reproduced by permission.—Studies in Short Fiction, v. 26, Spring 1989; v. 31, Summer 1994. Reproduced by permission.—Symposium, v. 37, Spring 1983; v. 40, Summer 1986. Reproduced by permission.—Times Literary Supplement, March 18, 1983. Reproduced by permission.—Twentieth Century Literature, v. 39, Fall 1993. Reproduced by permission.—Washington Post Book World, v. 18, December 18, 1988. Copyright © 1988 The Washington Post. Reproduced by permission.—World Literature Today, v. 68, Summer, 1994; v. 71, Winter, 1997. Copyright 1994; 1997 by the University of Oklahoma Press. Reproduced by permission.
    • COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN TCLC, VOLUME 131, WAS REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

    Adams, M. Ian. From Three Authors of Alienation: Bombal, Onetti, Carpentier. University of Texas Press, 1975. Copyright © 1975 by M. Ian Adams. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Boldy, Steven. From Onetti and Others: Comparative Essays on a Major Figure in Latin American Literature. Edited by Gustavo San Roman. State University of New York, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by State University of New York. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Brotherston, Gordon. From The Emergence of the Latin American Novel. Cambridge University Press, 1977. Copyright © 1977 by Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.— Castle, Terry. From Sexual Sameness: Textual Differences in Lesbian and Gay Writing. Edited by Joseph Bristow. Routledge, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Routledge. Introduction and editorial material © 1992 by Joseph Bristow. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Dissanayake, Wimal. From “Self, Place and Body in ‘The Women in The Dunes’: A Comparative Study of the Novel and the Film,” in Literary Relations East and West: Selected Essays. Edited by Jean Toyama and Nobuko Ochner. College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa and the East-West Center, 1990. Copyright © 1990 by the College of Language, Linguistics and Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced by Permission.—Frazier, Adrian. From Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland. Edited by Anthony Bradley and Maryann Gialanella Valiulis. University of Massachusetts

    Press, 1997. Reproduced by permission.—Kadir, Djelal. From Juan Carlos Onetti. Twayne Publishers, 1977. Copyright © 1977 by G.K. Hall & Company. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Keene, Donald. From Three Plays by Kobo Abe. Translated by Donald Keene. Columbia University Press, 1993. Introduction © 1993 Donald Keene. Translation © 1993 Kobo Abe and Donald Keene. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Maloof, Judy. From Over Her Dead Body: The Construction of Male Subjectivity in Onetti. Peter Lang, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Millington, Mark. From Reading Onetti: Language, Narrative, and the Subject. Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd., 1985. Copyright © 1985 by Mark Millington. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Mulford, Wendy. From This Narrow Place: Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland: Life, Letters and Politics, 1930-1951. Pandora, 1988. Copyright © 1988 by Wendy Mulford. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Olivera-Williams, Maria Rosa. From Onetti and Others: Comparative Essays on a Major Figure in Latin American Literature. Edited by Gustavo San Roman. State University of New York, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by State University of New York. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Steinman, Michael. An introduction to The Elements of Lavishness: Letters of Sylvia Townsend Warner and William Maxwell, 1938-1978. Edited by Michael Steinman. Counterpoint, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Michael Steinman. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of Counterpoint Press, a member of Perseus Books, L.L.C.—Vannatta, Dennis. From The English Short Story, 1945-1980: A Critical History. Twayne Publishers, 1985. Copyright © 1985 by G.K. Hall & Company. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.

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    Abé, Ko©bo©, photograph. © Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission.—Heller, Joseph, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.—Hurston, Zora Neale, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.— Onetti, Juan Carlos, photograph.© Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission.

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