The Lonely Voice

The Lonely Voice (1963) is a study of the short story form, written by Frank O'Connor.

Within the study, O'Connor expounds on some of his own major theories of the short story, as well as discussing the work of many influential short story writers.

Each chapter focusses on a different author:

1. Turgenev

2. Guy de Maupassant

3. Anton Chekhov

4. Kipling

5. James Joyce

6. Katherine Mansfield

7. Lawrence and Coppard

8. Ernest Hemingway

One of the work's major contributions is that of "the submerged population group" - a term that O'Connor uses to characterise those individuals who, for whatever reasons, are left on the fringes of society. The book is seen by many critics as the first lengthy examination of the form, and it has been heralded by many writers as an influential work.^[1]

References

^ "Introduction", SeeThe Grant Book of American Short Stories, ed. Richard Ford

Works by Frank O'Connor

Short story collections	Guests of the Nation Bones of Contention Crab Apple Jelly The Common Chord Traveller's Samples The Stories of Frank O'Connor More Stories by Frank O'Connor Domestic Relations A Set of Variations The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland The Collected Stories The Collar A Frank O'Connor Reader

Novels	The Saint and Mary Kate Dutch Interior

Autobiographies	An Only Child My Father's Son

Books	The Wild Bird's Nest Lament for Art O'Leary The Midnight Court Kings, Lords, and Commons The Little Monasteries The Big Fellow Irish Miles Leinster, Munster and Connaught The Road to Stratford Shakespeare's Progress The Mirror in the Roadway The Lonely Voice The Backward Look