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William Saroyan Criticism

William Saroyan (1908-1981) was an influential Armenian-American playwright, short story writer, and novelist whose works poignantly captured the immigrant experience in America. Born in Fresno, California, to Armenian immigrant parents, Saroyan's writing was deeply informed by his cultural heritage, a topic he explored in various interviews and discussions, such as the Candid Conversation with Garig Basmadjian. Despite early hardships, including family separation and economic challenges, Saroyan emerged as a literary maverick, achieving critical acclaim with works like The Time of Your Life and My Heart's in the Highlands, earning accolades such as the Pulitzer Prize.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Saroyan, William (Vol. 10)
    • William Saroyan: Romantic Existentialist
    • A Master and a Master's Master
    • Joe as Christ-type in Saroyan's 'The Time of Your Life'
    • Friendly People
    • Gnomic Naive
    • Nicholas J. Loprete
  • Saroyan, William (Vol. 1)
  • Saroyan, William (Vol. 29)
    • Conflict between the Spiritual and the Material
    • A Variety of Curtain Calls
    • William Saroyan and the Family Matter
    • From Early to Posthumous
  • Saroyan, William (Vol. 8)
  • Saroyan, William (Short Story Criticism)
    • Saroyan on the Flying Trapeze
    • Saroyan High Jinks
    • 71 Varieties
    • Mr. Saroyan Continues to Write Very Much as He Pleases
    • The Art of Mr. Saroyan
    • That Daring Young Man, Mr. Saroyan
    • William Saroyan
    • It Reads Like Fiction
    • The Boys in the Back Room: William Saroyan
    • Armenian Picaresque
    • The Lonesome Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
    • William Saroyan: A Portrait
    • Mr. Saroyan—Still His Own Hero
    • Saroyan with Trumpet & Tremolo
    • Saroyan Parade
    • William Saroyan and the Family Matter
    • I Want to Live While I Am Alive
    • More Letters from Bill
  • Saroyan, William (Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism)
    • Candid Conversation
    • William Saroyan and the Family Matter
    • Saroyan's Study of Ethnicity
    • William Saroyan
    • Warsaw Visitor and Tales from the Vienna Streets: The Last Two Plays of William Saroyan
    • William Saroyan and Multiculturalism
    • William Saroyan and the Armenian Genocide
    • William Saroyan and San Francisco: Emergence of a Genius (Self-Proclaimed)
    • The Broadway Years
    • War of the Wests: Saroyan's Dramatic Landscape
  • Further Reading