Joan Didion

by Mark Royden Winchell

A revision of the 1980 study. Winchell examines the work of Joan Didion who has been called everything from a "fantastically brilliant writer" to an "entrepreneur of anxiety." Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

162 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Mark Royden Winchell was a prolific biographer, historian, and literary critic who served as Professor of Literature and European Civilization at Clemson University. A Vanderbilt University alumnus, he was often characterized as a literary traditionalist and a political conservative of the "Old Right." Winchell’s extensive bibliography focuses on Southern culture and influential modern critics, with notable works including Cleanth Brooks and the Rise of Modern Criticism and Where No Flag Flies. His posthumous publications continue to explore the complex intersections of cultural politics and the American South.

Reviews

[Kendall]

Contains an extensive bibliography of her work.