Critical Essay on "Weekend"

Critical Analysis on the Short Story "Weekend" By Ann Beattie

Introduction

Ann Beattie

She was born on September 8, 1947 in Washington, D.C. She became famous with short stories that were published in The Western Humanities Review, the Atlantic Monthly, Ninth Letter, and The New Yorker in the early 1970s. She was also known as a novelist. Her writing was keen observations and dry. It was filled with matter-of-fact irony that concerns to upper-middle class (Raffel, 2011). Critics praise her writing style due to the quality of writing style. She is the winner of an award for her outstanding work ...