Portraits of Artists: Warriors in the Novels of William Kennedy.(Review)

Studies in the Novel | December 22, 2000| | Copyright

LYNCH, VIVIAN VALVANO. Portraits of Artists: Warriors in the Novels of William Kennedy (Lanham, NY: International Scholars Publications, 1999). xii + 277 pp. $52.00.

Since the appearance of Ironweed in 1983, the writings of William Kennedy have claimed the attention of any reader with a serious interest in contemporary American literature. The power of that novel sparked re-examinations of his earlier works and caused subsequent books to be anticipated with a great deal of interest. The publication of Edward C. Reilly's William Kennedy (Twayne, 1991) marked the first ...

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