The Art of Revision in the Short Stories of V.S. Pritchett and William Trevor - Hardcover

by J. Bloom (Author)

A pioneering critical study of the short stories of V.S. Pritchett and William Trevor, drawing on hitherto unpublished archival materials and exploring manuscript revisions and other transformations, from life to art, from initial idea to magazine and book publication that analyzes the craft of this relatively neglected genre.

Author Biography

JONATHAN BLOOM holds degrees from the universities of Princeton, Paris, and Oxford. He has taught at the universities of Paris and Oxford and his work has appeared in the Sewanee Review and the Journal of the Short Story in English. He has been a Harry Ransom Center Fellow and is currently working on an edition of the letters and diaries of V.S. Pritchett. He lives in Paris.