The Fred Chappell Reader

by Fred Chappell

Fred Chappell is one of our most brilliant and versatile authors, with many novels, short stories, and volumes of poetry to his credit. This anthology bears witness to the scope of his a rich body of narrative and lyrical fictions ranging over history, mythology, science, philosophy, and Chappell's own life. He has been recognized as a storyteller "to put on the shelf with Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Eudora Welty" (The Washington Post). The Fred Chappell Reader is full of stories, including a complete novel, Dagon; substantial portions of four other novels; several short stories (two of which are previously uncollected); and poems culled from his books, an achievement for which Chappell shared (with John Ashbery) the prestigious Bolligen Prize in 1985.Here is an important and thoroughly rewarding selection of work by a major American writer.

Genres: Poetry

490 pages, ebook

First published March 1, 1987

About the author

Fred Davis Chappell retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002. He attended Duke University.

His 1968 novel Dagon, which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Academie Française, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic.

His literary awards include the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T. S. Eliot Prize.

Reviews

[Rita Quillen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Must read....especially if you don't know his work at all.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved: It is Time, Lord; I am One of You Forever; Moments of Light; the poetry and essay
Hated: Dagon

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent collection. I enjoyed some pieces more than others and look forward to reading more of his novels and poetry.