Richard Ford Summary

Richard Ford's place in American letters has been established by his five novels, and many critics consider him one of the finest contemporary short-story writers as well. While he is often discussed ... Read more

In the following essay, Crouse examines the role of epiphany in Richard Ford's Rock Springs and Alice Munro's Friend of My Youth. The writer of the realistic short story has two primary ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Henry provides an overview of Ford's short fiction. Ford's Montana: Gi; Ford's Montana: rock Springs and wildlife =~ Srock Springs and wildlife Ford�... Read more

In the following essay, Walker explores the ways in which the three stories included in Women with Men incorporate as a theme the condition of loneliness and its perpetuation. Richard Ford's Wo... Read more

In the following essay, Walker offers a Sartrean analysis of the story “Great Falls” and the novel Wildlife. Several of Richard Ford's works are classic coming-of-age tales in whi... Read more

In the following essay, Levasseur and Rabalais discuss Ford's fictional work, paying particular attention to the difference between writing novels and writing short stories. Richard Ford'... Read more

In the following essay, Case favorably reviews A Multitude of Sins. If ironic detachment and witty, winking allusions to the moral vacuity of consumer culture are among the hallmarks of contemporary f... Read more

In the following review of The Granta Book of the American Short Story, Dickstein praises Ford's introduction to the volume and his story selections, which show “a high standard of liter... Read more

In the following review of Women with Men, Levi discusses Ford's treatment of the theme of men's alienation from, and misunderstanding of, women. During the 1980s, when the Kmart Konvoy ... Read more

In the following review, Brookner asserts that Ford's Women with Men is a disappointment after the successes of The Sportswriter and Independence Day. Richard Ford's heroes, markedly unh... Read more

In the following review, Pritchard provides an overview of recent fiction that he feels deserves recognition as evidence of the ongoing vitality of the novel. Pritchard offers a favorable review of Wo... Read more

In the following interview, begun on June 3, 1998, and continued on December 4, 1998, Ford discusses his writing process, his literary influences, and the role of the writer in American society. Richa... Read more

In the following review of A Multitude of Sins, de Falbe finds that Ford's writing technique is stiff and overly crafted. I am told that Richard Ford describes the stories in this long-awaited ... Read more

In the following review, Reich concludes that neither the love story nor the mystery in Ford's The Ultimate Good Luck is satisfactorily resolved. The Mexican dictator, Porfirio Diaz, once despa... Read more

In the following review, Rubin comments that the strength of Ford's Wildlife lies in the effectiveness of its narrative point of view of a sixteen-year-old boy observing the disintegration of h... Read more

In the following review, Trombley compares Ford's Wildlife with Seth Morgan's Homeboy, praising Wildlife for lean, taut, dense storytelling. With few exceptions, lyricism in novels goes ... Read more

In the following essay, Griffin provides an overview of the criticism on Ford's short stories and provides his own analysis of them. Biography Richard Ford was born on February 16, 1944, in Jac... Read more

In the following excerpt, Henry provides an overview of Ford's short fiction. Ford's Montana: Rock Springs and Wildlife Ford's short stories differ from his novels primarily in le... Read more

In the following essay, Walker offers a Sartrean analysis of the story “Great Falls” and the novel Wildlife. Several of Richard Ford's works are classic coming-of-age tales in whi... Read more

In the following essay, Levasseur and Rabalais discuss Ford's fictional work, paying particular attention to the difference between writing novels and writing short stories. Richard Ford'... Read more