The Collected Essays and Occasional Writings of Katherine Anne Porter

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Ktherine /ame
Torter, an enduring American
writer, has brought together in one volume all of her essays, occasional writings, a work in progress on Cotton Mather, and poetry-covering a span of nearly fifty years.
The book is divided into seven sections—CriiiCflZ; essays on Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, Willa Gather, Eudora Welty, Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster and others; Personal and Particular: essays on bullfighting, her friendships, the Dylan Thomas legend, marriage, the old South of her childhood, and communism in Hollywood; Biographical: personal memoirs of her contemporaries and public figures (Ford Madox Ford, Allen Tate, T. S. Eliot, Flannery O'Connor, Gertrude Stein, Jacqueline Kennedy, and the gypsy queen Romany Marie); Cotton Mather: a biography in progress; Mexican: essays about her years in Mexico, its culture, politics, and way of life; On Writing: (continued on back flap)
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Fülszöveg

Ktherine /ame
Torter, an enduring American
writer, has brought together in one volume all of her essays, occasional writings, a work in progress on Cotton Mather, and poetry-covering a span of nearly fifty years.
The book is divided into seven sections—CriiiCflZ; essays on Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, Willa Gather, Eudora Welty, Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster and others; Personal and Particular: essays on bullfighting, her friendships, the Dylan Thomas legend, marriage, the old South of her childhood, and communism in Hollywood; Biographical: personal memoirs of her contemporaries and public figures (Ford Madox Ford, Allen Tate, T. S. Eliot, Flannery O'Connor, Gertrude Stein, Jacqueline Kennedy, and the gypsy queen Romany Marie); Cotton Mather: a biography in progress; Mexican: essays about her years in Mexico, its culture, politics, and way of life; On Writing: (continued on back flap)
A SEYMOUR LAWRENCE BOOK
DELACORTE PRESS/NEW YORK
(continued from front flap) essays and statements on the creative process; and Poems.
This magnificent collection-rich and varied, wise, spontaneous, humorous, devastating and spirited—reveals a far ranging contemporary mind and a life dedicated to the craft of writing and to standards of excellence.
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER
was born in Indian Creek, Texas, in 1890. Her famed collections of stories, Flowering Judas, The Leaning Tower, Pale Horse, Pale Rider, have become classics. Her novel, Ship of Fools, was an international success; and her most recent book was A Christmas Story, illustrated by Ben Shahn. She has received numerous honors and her work has been translated in nearly every language of the world. Miss Porter lives in College Park, Maryland.
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