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There are 20 critical essays on Hortense Calisher.
Critical Essays on Hortense Calisher
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 Interview by Hortense Calisher with Allan Gurganus, Pamela McCordick, and Mona Simpson
6,991 words, approx. 23 pages
 In the following interview, Calisher discusses her early life, diverse family influences, literary beginnings, and the themes, preoccupations, and creative processes behind her writing.
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Critical Essay by Kathleen Snodgrass
6,636 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Snodgrass examines the related themes in Textures of Life, Queenie, and Eagle Eye, drawing attention to the movement from ideal to real and symbolic to literal in each.
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Critical Essay by Kathleen Snodgrass
4,479 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Snodgrass examines Calisher's authorial perspective and trademark prose style, drawing attention to the opposing aspects of “old world” realism and modern sensibility in her work.
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Critical Essay by Emily Hahn
3,683 words, approx. 12 pages
In the following essay, Hahn discusses Calisher's prose style, early fiction, and formative experiences, and the critical response to False Entry and Textures of Life.
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Critical Review by Bruce Allen
1,822 words, approx. 6 pages
In the following review, Allen provides an overview of Calisher's literary career and offers a positive evaluation of In the Slammer and The Novellas of Hortense Calisher.
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Critical Review by Marcia Cavell
945 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Cavell offers a generally positive assessment of The Bobby-Soxer, though she finds shortcomings in the disorienting quality of the writing.
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Critical Review by Anne Tyler
910 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Tyler offers a favorable evaluation of The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher.
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Critical Review by Carolyn See
881 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, See offers a tempered assessment of In the Palace of the Movie King, noting a lack of plot or progression in the book.
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Critical Review by Irving Malin
661 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Malin comments on Calisher's prose style and offers a positive assessment of In the Palace of the Movie King.
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Critical Review by Robert Kiely
595 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following excerpt, Kiely commends Calisher's prose in Textures of Life, though finds fault in her generalizations about women.
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