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There are 37 critical essays on Richard Ford.
Critical Essays on Richard Ford
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 Critical Essay by Elinor Ann Walker
10,740 words, approx. 36 pages
 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.
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Critical Essay by Elinor Ann Walker
10,740 words, approx. 36 pages
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.
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Critical Essay by Priscilla Leder
9,384 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Leder investigates notions of gender in Ford's Rock Springs, paying particular attention to the concept of voice.
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Interview by Richard Ford, Jennifer Levasseur, and Kevin Rabalais
8,877 words, approx. 30 pages
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.
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Critical Essay by Elinor Ann Walker
6,809 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Walker elucidates how images of loneliness and vast space allow for an exploration of human fallibility and connection in Ford's Rock Springs.
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Critical Essay by Jeffrey J. Folks
6,719 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Folks argues that although Ford draws upon the recognizable figure of the drifter or outlaw, he is able to undercut the western myth by setting stories in different geographical locations and addressing non-localized American social and economic issues, which results in postmodern westerns with postmodern cowboys.
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Critical Essay by David Crouse
5,593 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Crouse examines the role of epiphany in Richard Ford's Rock Springs and Alice Munro's Friend of My Youth.
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Interview by Richard Ford and Huey Guagliardo
5,400 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following interview, conducted on July 25, 1997, Ford discusses his use of narrative voice, the influence of Walker Percy on his writing, and his use of the novella form in the volume Women with Men.
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Critical Review by William H. Pritchard
4,078 words, approx. 14 pages
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 Women with Men, praising Ford for superb use of language and full, nuanced realism.
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Critical Review by Diane Johnson
3,638 words, approx. 12 pages
In the following review, Johnson discusses Ford's Wildlife in conjunction with two books by other authors that explore the screenplay form. Johnson asserts that, in Wildlife, Ford effectively utilizes dialogue and visual imagery to express the internal thought processes of his characters.
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Critical Essay by Evelyn Toynton
3,563 words, approx. 12 pages
In the following essay, Toynton compares The Granta Book of the American Short Story, edited by Ford, with several other short story anthologies. Toynton is highly critical of Ford's story selections, asserting that they are characterized by bleakness, flatness, and emotional superficiality, and lack both vivid human characters and intense emotion.
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Critical Essay by Huey Guagliardo
2,496 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following essay, Guagliardo discusses the theme of storytelling as an antidote to loneliness and alienation, as expressed in Ford's fiction.
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Critical Essay by Larry D. Griffin
2,450 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following essay, Griffin provides an overview of the criticism on Ford's short stories and provides his own analysis of them.
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Critical Essay by Larry D. Griffin
2,450 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following essay, Griffin provides an overview of the criticism on Ford's short stories and provides his own analysis of them.
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Critical Review by Morris Dickstein
1,705 words, approx. 6 pages
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 literary judgment” and include “many superb pieces of writing.”
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Critical Review by John Bemrose
1,270 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review of A Multitude of Sins, Bemrose praises Ford's exploration of the inner lives of his characters and his examination of the heart of middle-class America.
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Critical Review by Jonathan Levi
1,124 words, approx. 4 pages
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.
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Critical Review by Joseph Coates
1,092 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, Coates praises Ford's Wildlife as a beautifully modulated, consistently fine novel that accomplishes “a thoroughly worked-out expression of human feeling.”
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Critical Review by Anita Brookner
940 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Brookner asserts that Ford's Women with Men is a disappointment after the successes of The Sportswriter and Independence Day.
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Critical Review by Raymond A. Schroth
920 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Schroth describes Ford's Wildlife as “a middle-class mini-saga which mirrors the pain and chronicles the minor redemptions of America at large.”
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Critical Review by Merle Rubin
819 words, approx. 3 pages
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 his parents' marriage.
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Critical Review by Cecily Ross
754 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Ross offers high praise for Wildlife, describing it as “charged with poignancy and pain … Richard Ford at his finest.”
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Critical Review by Jeffrey J. Folks
744 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Folks calls Women with Men “one of Richard Ford's most sensitive and contemplative works of fiction.” Folks discusses Ford's treatment of the themes of alienation, exile, loneliness, and frustration, contending that Ford records contemporary life in an observant and honest way.
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Critical Review by John de Falbe
698 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review of A Multitude of Sins, de Falbe finds that Ford's writing technique is stiff and overly crafted.
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Critical Review by Stephen Trombley
646 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Trombley compares Ford's Wildlife with Seth Morgan's Homeboy, praising Wildlife for lean, taut, dense storytelling.
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Critical Review by Michael Mewshaw
644 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Mewshaw discusses the themes of yearning, indecision, and loss in the stories of Ford's Women with Men.
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Critical Review by Allon Reich
580 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Reich concludes that neither the love story nor the mystery in Ford's The Ultimate Good Luck is satisfactorily resolved.
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