Donald Windham: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in American Literature)

Bruce Kellner worked directly from the collection of often-overlooked novelist Donald Windham to produce this reference work. Entries on books, pamphlets, articles and criticism provided a comprehensive record of WindhaM&Apos;s literary development, critical reception, failures, and achievements. According to Kellner, the public has yet to fully embrace the quiet eloquence of WindhaM&Apos;s work; like authors Herman Melville and Gertrude Stein, he may be vindicated by time.

Kellner introduces the bio-bibliography with a discussion of Donald WindhaM&Apos;s background, writing style, and reception by publishers and readers. He likens WindhaM&Apos;s subtle style to E.M. Forster, and he suggests that America's action-oriented culture lacks patience for WindhaM&Apos;s offerings, which are homosexual but not erotic, Southern but not gothic. The book, which includes an addendum to the introduction by Windham himself, is divided into five parts: Books and Pamphlets, Books and Pamphlets with Contributions, Contributions to Periodicals, Ephemera, and Criticism and Biography. This book is valuable to students, scholars, and general audiences of literature.