The Presence of Ford Madox Ford : a memorial volume of essays, poems, and memoirs

To provide a fresh perspective—from new and unexpected points of view—Sondra Stang gathers together a number of distinguished writers and critics to prove Ford and his works. Among the many contributors commenting on Ford for the first time are C. H. Sisson, William H. Pritchard, Alison Lurie, Denis Donoghue, and William Gass. Included too are new poems by Richard Howard and Howard Nemerov and memoirs by friends, lovers, and family. Contributors : William Trevor, Sondra J. Stang, Richard Howard, Graham Greene, Allen Tate, David Dow Harvey, William Gass, Denis Donoghue, Roger Sale, Andrew Lytle, Howard Nemerov, Edward Krickel, C. H. Sisson, William H. Pritchard, Alison Lurie. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Homage Part One. The Critical Attitude Two Introductory Essays Ford Madox Ford Ford and the Critics The Neglect of The Fifth Queen Listening to the Saddest Story Ford's Coming of Age: The Good Soldier and Parade's End A Partial Reading of Parade's End or The Hero as an Old Furniture Dealer Remembering Ford Madox Ford and Parade's End Lord Plushbottom in the Service of the Kingdom: Ford as Editor The Critical Attitude Fabulous Monster: Ford as Literary Critic Ford Madox Ford's Fairy Tales for Children The Other The Artist as Propagandist A Collector Looks at Ford Again Part two. Memories and Impressions Janice Biala Jenny Bradley Caroline Gordon Julia M. Loewe Robert Lowell Mary McIntosh Jean Rhys Wally Tworkov An Interview with Janice Biala (1979) Two Such Silver Currents Afterword Chronological List of Ford's Books Books in Print Notes on Contributors