The Lonely Voice: A Study of the Short Story (Special Anthology Edition) by Frank O;Connor - 1968

Bantam Books Inc, New York, 1968. First Thus. Hardcover (library binding). Very Good Condition/Very Good. A bantam classic paperback which has been bound in a black library hard binding. Titles & good introduction to front. Within the study, O'Connor expounds on some of his own major theories of the short story as well as discusses the work of many influential short story writers. Each chapter focuses on a different author with short stories by Ivan Turgenev; Guy de Maupassant; Anton Chekhov; Rudyard Kipling; James Joyce; Katherine Mansfield; D. H. Lawrence; Ernest Hemingway; A. E. Coppard; Isaac Babel & Mary Lavin. O’Connor argues that the short story is defined by its engagement with the “submerged voice” – the voice of the silenced population. As both a writer and political revolutionary, much is clearly at stake for O’Connor regarding these populations. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xxx + 429 + 4. covers in archive acetate film protection. Library stamps to title & inside covers. / Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Short Stories; Literary Criticism; Anthologies; Fiction. Inventory No: 5111. .