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E. M. Delafield.
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In the following essay, Johnson discusses egoism and the sense of self portrayed in Delafield's female protagonists.
There is a certain competent serenity about Miss Delafield's work whi...
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Krutch was one of America's most respected literary and drama critics. Noteworthy among his works are The American Drama since 1918 (1939), in which he analysed the most important dramas of the...
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In the following essay, Hull surveys Delafield's novels from Zella Sees Herself through Thank Heaven Fasting.
The publication of Miss E. M. Delafield's latest novel, Thank Heaven Fasting...
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Canby was a professor of English at Yale University and one of the founders of the Saturday Review of Literature, where he served as editor in chief from 1924 to 1936. He was the author of many books,...
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In the following excerpt, Lawrence praises simplicity and humor in the Diary of a Provincial Lady.
E. M. Delafield has … self-sufficiency in her writing. In The Diary of a Provincial Lady she s...
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Rhondda was the editor of Time and Tide. In the following essay, she comments on the lasting appeal of Delafield's semiautobiographical fiction.
E. M. Delafield was the perfect provider of good...
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Priestley was the author of numerous popular novels that depict the world of everyday, middle-class England. His most notable critical work is Literature and Western Man (1960), a survey of Western li...
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In the following excerpt, McCullen examines the Victorian influences, feminist viewpoint, and comic strategy evident in Delafield's works.
Ladies and Gentlemen in Victorian Fiction ironically e...
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Critical Essay by R. Brimley Johnson
