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• The Fiction of William Hoffman: An Introduction

  From: Hollins Critic

  Feb. 19915,740 words Critical essay [(essay date February 1991) In the following essay, Frank provides an overview of the central themes, regional settings and motifs, prose style, and narrative presentation in Hoffman's fiction. Frank's analysis, which...

• The Novels of William Hoffman: One Writer's Spiritual Odyssey from World War II to the Twenty-First Century

  Editor:William L. FrankFrom: The Fictional World of William Hoffman

  200012,182 words Critical essay [(essay date 2000) In the following essay, Frank provides an overview of Hoffman's novels, which he divides into "war novels," "Virginia/West Virginia novels," and "philosophical/spiritual novels," and examines the...

• The Intolerable Wrestle

  From: Modern Age

  Winter 19721,102 words Critical essay [(review date Winter 1972) In the following review of A Walk to the River, Buffington discusses Hoffman's Southern concerns and prose style, finding shortcomings in the novel's dramatization.] William Hoffman is one of...

• Author First Wrote Love Letters for a Fee

  From: Richmond Times Dispatch

  Apr. 7, 19681,947 words Critical essay [(review date 7 April 1968) In the following essay, Galloway traces Hoffman's early experiences as a writer, his relationship with his wife, and discusses with the author aspects of Hoffman's house in the town of...