Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He is a short story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is also the author of many controversial and widely read children's books that are considered "cautionary tales for bad children." Dahl's special talent as a short story writer is the integration of the pedestrian and the grotesque in tales that have been likened to Charles Addams's cartoons. Along with Saki, Lord Dunsany, John Collier, and Robert M. Coates, Dahl writes in the tradition of the light fantastic; most all of his tales are marked by a kind of dark humor, sometimes merely wry, other times macabre, and occasionally grisly.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Roald Dahl
The following information comes from: "Dahl, Rolald (Vol. 18): Introduction." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Vol. 18. Gale Group, Inc., 1981. eNotes.com. 2006. 10 Feb, 2008
Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He is a short story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is also the author of many controversial and widely read children's books that are considered "cautionary tales for bad children." Dahl's special talent as a short story writer is the integration of the pedestrian and the grotesque in tales that have been likened to Charles Addams's cartoons. Along with Saki, Lord Dunsany, John Collier, and Robert M. Coates, Dahl writes in the tradition of the light fantastic; most all of his tales are marked by a kind of dark humor, sometimes merely wry, other times macabre, and occasionally grisly.
Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He is a short story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is also the author of many controversial and widely read children's books that are considered "cautionary tales for bad children." Dahl's special talent as a short story writer is the integration of the pedestrian and the grotesque in tales that have been likened to Charles Addams's cartoons. Along with Saki, Lord Dunsany, John Collier, and Robert M. Coates, Dahl writes in the tradition of the light fantastic; most all of his tales are marked by a kind of dark humor, sometimes merely wry, other times macabre, and occasionally grisly.
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