South by Southwest : Katherine Anne Porter and the burden of Texas history /

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An interdisciplinary study of Katherine Anne Porter's troubled relationship to her Texas origins and southern roots, this book offers a fresh look at the author and her work. More than thirty years after her death, Katherine Anne Porter remains a fascinating figure. Critics and biographers have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stout, Janis P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2013]
Temas:
Porter, Katherine Anne, > 1890-1980 > Knowledge > Texas.
Porter, Katherine Anne, > 1890-1980 > Knowledge > Mexico.
Porter, Katherine Anne, > 1890-1980 > Political and social views.
Porter, Katherine Anne, > 1890-1980
1900-1999
Women in literature.
War in literature.
Ambivalence in literature.
Women and literature.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Guerre dans la littérature.
Ambivalence dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Ambivalence in literature
Authors, American
Literature
Political and social views
War in literature
Women and literature
Women in literature
Texas > In literature.
Mexico > In literature.
Texas > Dans la littérature.
Mexico
Texas
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Callie Russell Porter's Texas : history, geoculture, and the need to escape
  • Away and yet not away
  • The Mexican dream and its realities
  • Recalling childhood : beauty, death, and "The Old Order"
  • Seizing the moment : endless memory and "Noon Wine"
  • Awakening the Southern belle from her dream of a horse race
  • Racial nightmares and "The Man in The Tree"
  • War's alarms : three Texans, two wars
  • Two almost-last straws
  • Sexual politics and Ship of Fools
  • Never reconciled.

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