The works of American novelist Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) constitute a social history in fiction of Virginia from the Civil War to World War II. Her novels are distinguished in style and conception.Ell...
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Ellen Glasgow is a transitional figure in Southern American literature. Having rebelled against inhibiting traditions in her society, she was also impelled to rebel against the literature which expres...
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Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow wrote nineteen novels, many of which were best-sellers. She was known as one of the first realists in American letters, and as an important ironist. Like Willa Cather, G...
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In the following early review of The Shadowy Third, the critic finds Glasgow's ghost stories uncommonly believable because of their blend of naturalism and supernaturalism.
In these days when p...
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In the following excerpt, Carpenter argues that Glasgow's ghost stories, which are particularly critical of men and sympathetic toward women, showcase her feminist concerns.
In 1916, with her f...
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In the following essay, Rainwater asserts that Glasgow's Gothic stories were influenced by the works of H. G. Wells and Edgar Allan Poe.
In several letters in her autobiography, The Woman Withi...
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In the following essay, MacDonald suggests that Glasgow's uneasy friendship with her one-time fiancé Henry Anderson unconsciously informs the themes of many of her short stories.
1 One o...
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In the following excerpt from a review of the works of four women writers, Collins praises The Shadowy Third, comparing Glasgow's style and technique to that of Guy de Maupassant.
[Ellen Glasgo...
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In this excerpt from a review of four collections of stories about ghosts and the occult, Willcox admires Glasgow's ability to convey convincingly "place and speech " in her writi...
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In this excerpt from the first book-length study of Glasgow's oeuvre, McDowell dismisses all but two of her short stories as insignificant.
Miss Glasgow seems to have needed the leisured form o...
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In the following essay, which is the earliest substantial consideration of Glasgow's short fiction, Meeker argues that the stories mark an important transition in Glasgow's development a...
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In the first sustained piece of criticism on Glasgow's short stories since Richard K. Meeker's 1963 essay, Raper argues that Glasgow's stories were written during a time of aesthe...
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In the following excerpt, Thiébaux considers the chief interest in Glasgow's stories to be their treatment of themes developed more fully in her novels.
Early in Glasgow's career,...
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In the following excerpt, Wagner maintains that Glasgow's short stories emphasize characterization—particularly strong women characters—rather than plot development and experiment...
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In the following analysis of "Dare's Gift, " Carpenter sees the story as not merely a tale of the supernatural but as an exploration of one woman 's struggle to express her...
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Ellen Glasgow
Ellen (Anderson Gholson) Glasgow
