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Poems By Margorie Kinnan Rawlings: Songs of a Housewife
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Poems By Margorie Kinnan Rawlings: Songs of a Housewife Hardcover - 1997

by Tarr, Rodger L. (Editor)

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Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. Hardcover. New/New. BRAND NEW BOOK, STILL IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S SHRINKWRAP. Makes available for the first time the early poetry work of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It has been described as traditional poetry about subjects that will never go out of fashion. A very nice mint copy.
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  • Title Poems By Margorie Kinnan Rawlings: Songs of a Housewife
  • Author Tarr, Rodger L. (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
  • Date 1997-06
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 002992
  • ISBN 9780813014913 / 0813014913
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.53 x 5.79 x 1.13 in (21.67 x 14.71 x 2.87 cm)
  • Themes
    • Geographic Orientation: Florida
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Nature - Poetry, Motherhood - Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96050245
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.52

From the rear cover

In the 250 poems collected here, Rawlings presents homespun advice on such subjects as the trials and tribulations of being a cook, mother, friend, relative, and neighbor. She dedicates many to her favorite subjects: gardening, cooking, pets, and nature. Throughout, her goal is to entertain, to educate, and to give a voice to the housewife who sees her role as a creative and important one. In the process, of course, she also invariably reveals a great deal about herself, and devoted readers will be curious to see how the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings they know and love is evident here, in these early and spirited poems. Because little is known about Rawlings's life during this period, Songs of a Housewife is valuable as commentary on her evolving attitudes as a woman and as a writer, and many of the same themes appear in her later works. As a reflection of the life of a middle-class woman struggling to carve out an independent and fulfilling role for herself, these poems also offer a rare insight into the life of women in the late 1920s.

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  • Library Journal, 05/01/1997, Page 108