CRITICISM

Capers, Charlotte. “The Comeuppance of a Gentleman.” New York Times Book Review (17 April 1960): 24.

Offers a positive assessment of A Place for My Head.

Cooperman, Stanley. “Recent Fiction.” The Nation (11 February 1955): 123.

Finds The Trumpet Unblown to be a dated and unremarkable war novel.

Core, George. “Confronting Dilemmas of Flesh, Spirit.” Roanoke Times & World-News (5 December 1993): D4.

Brief overview of Hoffman's career and life in honor of the Dos Passos Award he received from Longwood College.

Daniels, Lucy. “After the Past, the Present.” Saturday Review (18 June 1960): 19-20.

Concludes that Hoffman's “vivid and disturbing” novel is “not a book for those with faith in mankind.”

Davis, Paxton. “Raves for Latest from Hoffman.” Roanoke Times & World-News (10 June 1990): F4.

Review of Furors Die.

DeCandido, GraceAnne A. Review of Doors. Booklist (1 June 1999): 1791.

Offers a positive assessment of Doors.

Dodd, David. Review of Tidewater Blood. Library Journal (1 March 1998): 127.

Offers a favorable assessment of Tidewater Blood.

Hass, Victor P. “Weak Stomachs Warned; Here Is War's Horror.” Chicago Sunday Tribune (1 January 1956): 5.

Review of The Trumpet Unblown.

Hughes, Kathleen. “Adult Fiction.” Booklist 90, No. 22 (August 1994): 2022.

Review of Follow Me Home.

Kaufman, Lenard. “Tod Young of the Bleeding Heart.” New York Times Book Review (26 January 1958): 5.

Offers a positive assessment of Days in the Yellow Leaf.

Kelly, Robert. “Tales and Stories.” New York Times Book Review (25 February 1979): 26.

Finds Hoffman's stories predictable and unrewarding.

Mitgang, Herbert. “War From the Hospital-Unit Level.” New York Times Book Review (5 January 1956): 26.

Offers a positive assessment of The Trumpet Unblown.

Nash, Alanna. “Books in Brief: Fiction.” New York Times Book Review (13 June 1999): 21.

Review of Doors.

Review of Blood and Guile. Publishers Weekly (25 September 2000): 90.

Offers a positive assessment of Blood and Guile.

Review of Doors. Publishers Weekly (31 May 1999): 65.

Offers a positive assessment of Doors.

Review of Tidewater Blood. Publishers Weekly (16 February 1998): 202.

Offers a positive assessment of Tidewater Blood.

“William Hoffman and the Irresistible Determinant.” Sewanee Review.108, No. 2 (Spring 2000): lxiii.

Review of Tidewater Blood.

Steinberg, Sybil. “Forecasts.” Publishers Weekly (15 August 1994): 88.

Review of Follow Me Home.

Stuart, Dabney. “Engrossing Novel Tale of Two Men.” Roanoke Times & World-News (10 June 1990): F4.

Review of Furors Die.

Theroux, Paul. “Saint or Preacher?” Washington Post Book World (25 October 1970): 6, 13.

Offers a positive assessment of A Walk to the River.

Waterhouse, Carole. “In Short.” New York Times Book Review (28 July 1985): 18.

Review of Godfires.

Wolf, Michele. “In Short.” New York Times Book Review (15 May 1988): 26.

Review of By Land, By Sea.

Additional coverage of Hoffman's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 21-24R; and Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 9.