The Work Of John Collier
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1John Collier, a contemporary English author, was born in London,
England on May 3,1901 and lived his last years in Palisades, California
where he died of a stroke on April 6, 1980. Collier was a writer of the
1920's era, educated in post-Victorian England, and according to Anthony
Burgess in the ....
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.... literary skill and a rare capacity
to entertain (Contemporary Authors 111). Collier's readers are involved in
his writings by trick endings or "take away endings" in which readers are
given all clues but asked to finish, the story on their own (Critical
Survey 1169). His subject manner is often the line between logical or
psychological meaning. The subject contains an irony that is well balanced
between an element of horror and humor. His short stories are based on
relationships of ....
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