 First edition | |
| Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Vanguard Press |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 0449224635 |
Upon the Sweeping Flood and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Joyce Carol Oates. It was published in 1966 by Vanguard Press. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Those stories first appearing in literary journals are indicated. [5] [6]
Upon the Sweeping Flood “achieves in its best stories the distinctively violent yet compassionate vision that would inform her later fiction” according to literary critic Greg Johnson. [7]
Kirkus Reviews was “disappointed” at the lurid narratives involving “hideous incidentals" which they report mars the collection. Acknowledging that Oates is an notable author, the article observes that the volume suggests “An on-going talent—idling.” [8]
Joanne V. Creighton points out both the differences and the similarities between the two volumes:
Less often set in Eden County than the stories in By the North Gate, those in Upon the Sweeping Flood embody some of the same themes: the groping of inarticulate people for order and meaning and the discovery of hidden, unlovely depth of passion or of emptiness within one's self. The emphasis here, however, is more focused on the interrelationships among people, be they familial, emotional, or social. Oates exhibits here the beginning of her intense preoccupation with both the tenacious bands of the family and the mysterious emotions of love. [9]
Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000), and her short story collections The Wheel of Love (1970) and Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel them (1969), two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize (2019).
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List of the published work of Joyce Carol Oates, American writer.
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Heat and Other Stories is a collection of 25 works of short fiction by Joyce Carol Oates published by E. P. Dutton in 1991.
Where Is Here? is a collection containing 34 works of short fiction by Joyce Carol Oates originally published in paperback by Harper & Row in 1989 and in hardback by Ecco Press in 1992.
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