The Fred Chappell Reader

by Fred Chappell

This sampling of the author's work includes a complete novel, "Dagon", substantial portions of four other novels, several short stories, and poems culled from eleven volumes

Genres: Poetry

490 pages, Paperback

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.