Elizabeth Taylor (novelist) Summary

The lack of attention given to Elizabeth Taylor's work seems especially remarkable when one examines the number of novels and short stories she wrote. In twenty-seven years Taylor published eleven nov... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter Vansittart I have not read [Elizabeth Taylor's] previous novels but familiar ghosts of thirty years of reviews flutter down. 'Formidably intelligent', &#x... Read more

Critical Essay by Anne Tyler If the English writer Elizabeth Taylor is not widely known in this country, maybe it's because most of her books were published back when people still spoke of &#x... Read more

Critical Essay by James R. Frakes A quietly perceptive friend once told me of his conviction that people who "mean well" are the most dangerous of human beings, but I never fully realiz... Read more

Critical Essay by Kingsley Amis Mrs Taylor is one of those novelists who look homogeneous, as if working within a single mood, and turn out to be varied and wide-ranging. There is a deceptive smoothn... Read more

Critical Essay by Paul Bailey Amy Henderson, the central character in [Blaming] …, is a woman of average intelligence and limited sensibility. She is 'nice' to the extent that sh... Read more