Editor Walshe (modern English, U. of College Cork) and 13 contributors offer a collection of essays mapping the career and creative life of Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973),
considered one of the most important novelists of the 20th century. The book includes scholarly treatments of each of Bowen's 10 novels, her travel writing, short stories, family histories, and
memoirs. The chronologically-structured book frames Bowen and her contributions to modernist literature and the theoretical aspects of modern Irish writing. It includes an extensive
bibliography. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)