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The Remarkable Kinship of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Ellen Glasgow (PB)
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The Remarkable Kinship of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Ellen Glasgow (PB) Hardcover - 2018

by Ashley Andrews Lear

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  • Title The Remarkable Kinship of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Ellen Glasgow (PB)
  • Author Ashley Andrews Lear
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 266
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Florida
  • Date 2018-06-26
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SHAM30/U1002/NEW251420
  • ISBN 9780813056968 / 0813056969
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.75 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects American literature - Women authors, Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017049135
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the publisher

In this book, Ashley Lear examines the relationship between two pioneers of American literature who broke the mold for women writers of their time. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Ellen Glasgow had divergent careers in different locations, Rawlings in backcountry Florida and Glasgow in urban Virginia, yet their correspondence on life and writing reveals one of the great literary friendships of the South. Rawlings felt such admiration for Glasgow that she spent the last year of her life compiling materials for Glasgow's biography, a work she never completed. Lear draws on the documents Rawlings collected about Glasgow, Rawlings's personal notes, and letters between the two writers to describe the experiences that brought them together.

Lear shows that Rawlings and Glasgow shared a love of nature and social activism, had complex relationships with their parents and siblings, and prioritized their professional lives over romantic attachments. They were both classified as writers of regional works and juvenilia by critics, and Lear traces their discussions about how to respond to the opinions of book reviewers. Both were also forced to confront a new, quickly modernizing America, which at times clashed with their traditional values and naturalistic lifestyles. This is a fascinating portrait of a friendship that sustained two women writers in a time of social upheaval and changing norms in the American South.

About the author

Ashley Andrews Lear is professor of humanities at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.