Grace Paley: Illuminating Dark Lives

by Jacqueline Taylor

Book Overview

Grace Paley is a "writer's writer," admired by both scholars and the reading public for her originality and unique voice. In this first book-length study of her work, Jacqueline Taylor explores the source of Paley's originality, locating it in the way Paley transforms language to create strongly woman-centered stories.

Drawing on interviews with the author, as well as the stories themselves, Taylor emphasizes Paley's awareness that women's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292735685
• ISBN13: 9780292735682
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"