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There are 14 critical essays on E. Annie Proulx.

Critical Essays on E. Annie Proulx
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Critical Essay by Karen L. Rood
4,758 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Rood provides an overview of Proulx's life, career, body of work, critical reception, and the salient themes and narrative style of her fiction.
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Critical Review by Mark Shechner
3,891 words, approx. 13 pages
In the following excerpt, Shechner discusses recent trends in contemporary women's fiction and offers a mixed assessment of Accordion Crimes.
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Critical Essay by Sybil Steinberg
2,024 words, approx. 7 pages
In the following essay, Steinberg provides an overview of Proulx's life, career, and body of work upon the publication of Accordion Crimes.
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Critical Review by John Sutherland
1,881 words, approx. 6 pages
In the following review, Sutherland evaluates the strengths of Accordion Crimes, noting that the collection “uses all the range and the resources of Proulx's mature prose.”
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Critical Review by Loree Rackstraw
1,310 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following excerpt, Rackstraw offers a positive assessment of Heart Songs and Other Stories.
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Critical Review by Bharati Mukherjee
1,152 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, Mukherjee praises Accordion Crimes, calling the work Proulx's “most audacious to date.”
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Critical Review by J. Z. Grover
1,115 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review of Accordion Crimes, Grover praises Proulx's authorial voice and prose skill, but notes that her characters, as emblematic figures, are to some extent trivialized.
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Critical Review by Celia McGee
1,036 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, McGee praises Accordion Crimes, calling the work a “mighty, searing reflection on U.S. ethnic history.”
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Critical Review by Caroline Moore
942 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Moore offers a positive assessment of Accordion Crimes.
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Critical Review by Ellen Akins
849 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Akins commends Proulx's “overwhelming verisimilitude” in Accordion Crimes.
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Critical Review by Ellen Akins
742 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Akins offers a generally positive assessment of Heart Songs and Other Stories, noting that Proulx's prose is “often inspired.”
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Critical Review by Jane Gardam
695 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review of Heart Songs and Other Stories, Gardam compliments Proulx's literary skill, but finds her stories “unconsciously derivative” of earlier American writers.
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Critical Review by Helen Carr
605 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Carr commends the detail and humor in Proulx's stories in Accordion Crimes.
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Critical Review by Phoebe-Lou Adams
344 words, approx. 1 pages
In the following positive review, Adams evaluates the strengths of Accordion Crimes.


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