Caroline Blackwood Summary

In the review below, Kendall explains the transformation of Devina Blunt from a depressed widow to a lively, caring woman. Gentle, compliant and accomplished at all the wifely graces, Devina Blunt ... Read more

In the essay below, Jones examines themes common to five of Blackwood's works and argues that Blackwood writes in a Gothic tradition in which doom is inherent and life has no greater meaning. ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Hastings charges that In the Pink is not on par with Balckwood's earlier works and fails to capture the romance of fox hunting. Caroline Blackwood … is a ric... Read more

In the following review, the critic describes Blackwood's account of Wallis Simpson's later life as a "dark fairy tale." [The Last of the Duchess is] the chronicle of do... Read more

In the review below, Gerston argues that The Last of the Duchess ultimately fails because Blackwood relies too much on speculation. Caroline Blackwood's investigation into the last years of ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Milton argues that Blackwood successfully develops conflict between the characters in The Fate of Mary Rose but deviates from her initial concerns and fails to conclude the &... Read more

In the following essay, Kimmelman surveys Blackwood's life and literary career. When Lady Caroline Blackwood, the Irish writer and Guinness heiress, was living in Paris in the early 1950�... Read more

In the following review, Heller contends that Blackwood's account of Simpson's life in The Last of the Duchess relies too heavily on speculation and contributes little to her subject�... Read more

In the excerpt below, Ingoldby describes the characters from Good Night Sweet Ladies as well-developed and the story as funny, but suggests that Blackwood does not develop conflict within the stories ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Spice compares Blackwood's views on women, as presented in On the Perimeter, to those presented in John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick. It can't be ... Read more

Below, Simms provides a favorable review of On the Perimeter. In March 1984, novelist Caroline Blackwood visited the Greenham Common women's peace camps for the first time. She was appalled ... Read more

In the following review, Gaiser examines Blackwood's depiction in Corrigan of victimization and malice. In Corrigan, her fourth novel, the Irish writer Caroline Blackwood continues to expose... Read more