In the following review, Perrin offers a positive assessment of Bridgeport Bus, praising Howard's treatment of the theme of personal transformation.
Mary Agnes Keeley, 35 years old, 5 feet 1...
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In the following review, Yardley offers a positive assessment of Expensive Habits, commenting on the ways that the novel breaks from Howard's earlier work.
By contrast with Maureen Howard&#x...
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In the following mixed review, Johnson argues that Expensive Habits is a well-written work, but argues that there are several unclear plot elements and character motivations.
Maureen Howard'...
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In the following review, Edwards argues Natural History's unconventional narrative structure complements the novel's thematic material.
Anyone who loves natural history museums knows ...
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In the following positive review of Natural History, Anshaw commends the novel's “subtle and subjective notion of story.”
Stories can't always be held within conventiona...
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In the following review, Eder offers a mixed assessment of Natural History, noting that Howard's narrative technique is too unfocused and self-conscious.
Natural History is a novel about the...
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In the following review, Robinson praises the experimental narrative techniques used by Howard in Natural History.
Maureen Howard writes about her abiding subject, the family, with fierce rigor, as...
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In the following review, Perrin offers a negative assessment of Natural History, calling the novel “almost unreadable.”
In 1965, Maureen Howard published a stunningly good novel calle...
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In the following review, Pool argues that the series of “natural, social, and personal histories” portrayed in Natural History do not add up to a compelling whole.
Anyone seeking to p...
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In the following review, Davis offers a mixed assessment of Natural History.
Matched in her spectacular range perhaps only by Toni Morrison, Maureen Howard can write in any style she chooses. Almos...
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In the following review, Rubin offers a negative assessment of Natural History, criticizing the novel's format and structure.
Maureen Howard's much-heralded novel Natural History, is ...
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In the following review, Bell argues that Natural History's “uncontainable ingenuity” overshadows the novel's plot.
The hero of Maureen Howard's Natural History i...
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In the following review, Malin offers a positive assessment of Natural History, complimenting the novel's complexity and depth.
Natural History deserves more than a brief review. It moves on...
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In the following essay, O'Brien explores the themes of assimilation and ethnic identity in Facts of Life.
Narratives of exile and immigration arguably bring into sharper focus than other aut...
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In the following review, Friedman offers a positive assessment of A Lover's Almanac.
“Lightness is his affliction,” Louise Moffett says of her lover Artie in Maureen Howard�...
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In the following review, Simon offers a positive assessment of A Lover's Almanac, noting its stylistic similarities to Natural History.
About your arcade. You do see the pathos and pretensio...
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In the following review, Dooley offers a negative assessment of A Lover's Almanac, criticizing the novel's lack of focus and cohesion.
For more than 600 years, almanacs have been coun...
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In the following review, Schwartz offers a mixed assessment of A Lover's Almanac, arguing that the novel's minor characters are more compelling than the protagonist.
In A Lover'...
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In the following review, Wood explores the literary technique of utilizing correspondence to narrate a story, citing A Lover's Almanac as a prime example.
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Critical Review by Noel Perrin
