| The Texas Legacy of Katherine Anne Porter Contributor(s): Tanner, James T. F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 092939822X ISBN-13: 9780929398228 Publisher: University of North Texas Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| LCCN: 90023052 |
| Lexile Measure: 1300 |
| Series: Texas Writers Series |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.28" W x 7.34" (0.81 lbs) 237 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this study of Porter's work, Tanner focuses on Porter's denial of her Texas heritage, her apparent urge to distance herself from Texas and all things Texan. He analyzes Porter's settings and characters, emphasizing and clarifying the influence of her Texas upbringing on her creative art, exploring the conflict between the Texas Porter and the urbane-sophisticate Porter. Born in Indian Creek, Texas, in 1890, Katherine Anne Porter was always a Texas writer, even though she roamed widely, and seemed to represent, for many readers, a more Southern and genteel facet of Texas culture than they were prepared to accept. Tanner deals with Porter as a Texas story-teller, who, her wanderings over the earth notwithstanding, was a Texas writer first and last. |