“The Importance of Small Things”
September 20, 2008
In his essay on Penelope Fitzgerald, London based journalist, Edmund Gordon, examines the extraordinary structure of her plots, noting that they are so subtle that it is possible to mistake them as conventional, and yet extraordinary in their construction. Her technique, he says, is why she is “an author who rewards multiple readings and warrants close analysis.”
Below, a first of several planned excerpt from the essay. Wherever possible we have linked to the sources cited–or at least to additional information about the sources! Read the rest of this entry »
