Art of Revision in the Short Stories of V. S. Pritchett

A pioneering critical study of the short stories of V.S. Pritchett and William Trevor, drawing on hitherto unpublished archival materials and exploring manuscript revisions and other transformations, from life to art, from initial idea to magazine and book publication that analyzes the craft of this relatively neglected genre.

Introduction Fanfare for the Common Man Revision as Transformation: The Making and Re-Making of V.S. Pritchett's You Make Your Own Life William Trevor's 'Distillation of an Essence': From 'Meeting Mrs. Faraday' to 'Cocktails at Doney's' V.S. Pritchett's Ministering Angell Real Incursions in Fictive Worlds Living on the Other Side of the Frontier The Roads Taken Make All The Difference: Comic Spirit and Tragic Comedian English Fantasy and Irish Entrapment