W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. H...
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In the following essay, which was originally published in 1960, Wain compares the Jacobs's short fiction with the work of S. J. Perelman.
Why the digression? Surely there is enough material in ...
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In the following essay, Greene assesses Jacobs's literary achievement and discusses autobiographical aspects of his work.
In a writing life of thirty years between 1896 and 1926 W. W. Jacobs pr...
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In the following essay, Cloy traces the beginning of Jacobs's literary career and discusses Many Cargoes as an example of the New Humor school of the 1890s.
The present neglect into which W. W....
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In the following essay, Hoppenstand examines several of Jacobs's detective stories, classifying them as British noir.
In most discussions of noir literature, it is frequently argued by critics ...
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W(illiam) W(ymark) Jacobs
Critical Essay by John Wain
