Ellen Gilchrist

by Mary A. McCay

McCay (English, Loyola U., New Orleans) offers a critical introduction to Gilchrist, who writes novels, short stories, poetry, and journalism in the Southern tradition. Her main premise is that Gilchrist is a master of portraying the paradox of the independent woman. A short interview is included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

123 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Mary A. McCay, chair of the English department at Loyola University in New Orleans, holds an M.A. in English from Boston College and a Ph.D in English, with an emphasis in American Studies, from Tufts University. She was a visiting professor at the Catholic University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands and a Fulbright professor at Keele University in the United Kingdom. She served as a contributing editor to the Feminist Companion to Literature in English, for which she wrote the entry on Rachel Carson, and wrote the introduction to the Easton Press edition of Silent Spring. She has lectured extensively on Rachel Carson and her work.