A window into short-story construction: Richard Yates’ “Builders” and questions of the autobiographical content of his work
Richard Yates, most remembered for his Revolutionary Road (1961), was also the author of two fine and exceptionally well-crafted collections of short stories, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1963) and Liars in Love (1981). Yates was a writer of exceptional perception and unflinching clarity, yet some ha...
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| description | Richard Yates, most remembered for his Revolutionary Road (1961), was also the author of two fine and exceptionally well-crafted collections of short stories, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1963) and Liars in Love (1981). Yates was a writer of exceptional perception and unflinching clarity, yet some have criticized his work as drawing too heavily on autobiographical content. This article seeks to examine Yates’ 1963 story “Builders” to gain insight into this extraordinary author’s understanding of the writing process, his use of autobiographical or semi-autobiographical content, and to suggest new approaches for work on this still under-appreciated twentieth century author. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-509b5b1271e04649803c3e6bb8b4e54c2022-12-21T18:21:07ZengFaculty of Philology, University of BialystokCrossroads2300-62502021-03-0132496110.15290/CR.2021.32.1.041556A window into short-story construction: Richard Yates’ “Builders” and questions of the autobiographical content of his workKarl Wood0Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, PolandRichard Yates, most remembered for his Revolutionary Road (1961), was also the author of two fine and exceptionally well-crafted collections of short stories, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1963) and Liars in Love (1981). Yates was a writer of exceptional perception and unflinching clarity, yet some have criticized his work as drawing too heavily on autobiographical content. This article seeks to examine Yates’ 1963 story “Builders” to gain insight into this extraordinary author’s understanding of the writing process, his use of autobiographical or semi-autobiographical content, and to suggest new approaches for work on this still under-appreciated twentieth century author.https://czasopisma.filologia.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/c/article/view/1556richard yates, autofiction, self-narrative, short stories. |
| spellingShingle | Karl Wood A window into short-story construction: Richard Yates’ “Builders” and questions of the autobiographical content of his work Crossroads richard yates, autofiction, self-narrative, short stories. |
| title | A window into short-story construction: Richard Yates’ “Builders” and questions of the autobiographical content of his work |
| title_full | A window into short-story construction: Richard Yates’ “Builders” and questions of the autobiographical content of his work |
| title_fullStr | A window into short-story construction: Richard Yates’ “Builders” and questions of the autobiographical content of his work |
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| title_short | A window into short-story construction: Richard Yates’ “Builders” and questions of the autobiographical content of his work |
| title_sort | window into short story construction richard yates builders and questions of the autobiographical content of his work |
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