In the following essay, Hopkins provides a systematic analysis of Evans's use of language and translation, asserting that it profoundly influences the meaning of his stories and their impact on...
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In the following essay, the reviewer provides a mixed assessment of My Neighbors.
Caradoc Evans seems to continue in My Neighbors his indictment of a whole people. It is an extract of ferocity that...
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In the following excerpt, Williams offers an extensive study of Evans's work—including the text of an early story in its entirety—and examines aspects of his psychohistory.
Car...
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In the following essay, Williams examines Evans's satirical use of “sayings” in his fiction, viewing it as a “successful integration of style and theme.”
One of t...
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In the following essay, Jones discusses the pastoral qualities of Evans's satire.
“Satyr is a sort of Glass,” writes Swift, “wherein Beholders do generally discover ever...
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In the following essay, Davies and Harris consider stylistic aspects of Evans's “A Father of Sion.”
“It is not by confining one's neighbour that one is convinced ...
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In the following essay, Jones traces Evans's use of myth in his short fiction.
When reviewers of Caradoc Evans' first volume of short stories claimed it revealed “primeval bein...
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In the following favorable review of Selected Stories, Wroe concludes that “despite offering no solutions, little hope and a vision of almost unremitting bleakness, these stories remain vibrant...
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In the following essay, a review of Capei Sion, a countryman gives cautious praise to Evans's literary ability, but questions his view of the Welsh people.
"Art for Art's sake&...
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In the following essay, a review of Selected Stories, Wroe offers a favorable assessment of the book—in spite of Evans's negative portrayals of his characters.
Caradoc Evans, who died...
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in the following essay, Hopkins examines Evans's transliteration of Welsh words, along with other aspects of his interpretation of his native language and culture.
Though the Welsh writer Ca...
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In the following excerpt, a review of Capei Sion, a critic questions the authenticity of Evans's bitter portraits.
Not long ago a young Welshman signing himself Caradoc Evans electrified Eng...
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In the following essay, a review of My People and Capei Sion, a critic cautiously accepts Evans's negative view of humanity.
Is this revelation or fiction? Such uniform squalor and bestialit...
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In the following essay, a review of Taffy, a critic lauds Evans's play as a refreshing change from most current offerings for the stage.
Mr. Caradoc Evans bounded into fame shortly before th...
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In the following excerpt, Jones offers his personal reminiscences of Evans.
I first met Caradoc Evans in the company of Dylan Thomas in, I think, 1934. It seems to me strange now that I should at t...
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In the following excerpt, Williams provides an extensive study of Evans's work—including the text of an early story in its entirety—and examines aspects of his psychohistory.
C...
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In the following essay, Jones discusses the pastoral qualities of Evans's satire.
"Satyr is a sort of Glass", writes Swift, "wherein Beholders do generally discover ever...
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In the following essay, Jones explores varieties of structure, archetype, and emplotment as they developed in Evans's fiction.
When reviewers of Caradoc Evans' first volume of short s...
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In the following excerpt, Phillips provides a religious context for the portrayal of Welsh Nonconformism in Evans's stories.
[The] words in our lives reveal who we are. Of course, those live...
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Critical Essay by Chris Hopkins
