 |
|
 |
|
cover to a recent paperback edition |
| |
|
|
|
There are 9 critical essays on The Shipping News.
Critical Essays on The Shipping News
 from source:
 Critical Essay by Louise Flavin
4,156 words, approx. 14 pages
 In the following essay, Flavin discusses the symbolic imagery of knots and fragmented language in The Shipping News, drawing attention to their use in the novel to develop thematic aspects of individual and interpersonal disconnection, entanglement, bonding, and integration.
from source:
Critical Essay by Vicky Greenbaum
2,442 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following essay, Greenbaum discusses the role of teachers in establishing and perpetuating the literary canon and offers strategies for teaching The Shipping News, a novel that Greenbaum proposes as a notable contribution to recent fiction.
from source:
Critical Review by Verlyn Klinkenborg
2,377 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following review of The Shipping News, Klinkenborg commends Proulx's descriptive talent, but concludes that the novel lacks emotional depth and resonance.
from source:
from source:
Critical Review by William Green
852 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Green offers a generally positive assessment of The Shipping News, while noting flaws in the book's digressive subplots and superficial characterizations.
from source:
from source:
Critical Review by Sandra Scofield
793 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following positive review, Scofield evaluates the strengths of The Shipping News, calling the novel “wildly comic.”
from source:
from source:
View More Articles on The Shipping News
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
