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- catalog abstract "In Sacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens, Louise Westling explores how the complex, difficult roles of women in southern culture shaped the literary worlds of Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor. Tracing the cultural heritage of the South, Westling shows how southern women reacted to the violent, false world created by their men-a world in which women came to be shrouded as icons of purity in atonement for the sins of men. Exposing the actual conditions of women's lives, creating assertive protagonists who resist or revise conventional roles, and exploring rich matriarchal traditions and connections to symbolic landscapes Welty, McCullers, and O'Connor created a body of fiction that enriches and complements the patriarchal version of southern life presented in the works of William Faulkner, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and William Styron.-publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b338769.
- catalog coverage "Southern States In literature.".
- catalog created "c1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "c1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1985.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [197]-208.".
- catalog description "In Sacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens, Louise Westling explores how the complex, difficult roles of women in southern culture shaped the literary worlds of Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor. Tracing the cultural heritage of the South, Westling shows how southern women reacted to the violent, false world created by their men-a world in which women came to be shrouded as icons of purity in atonement for the sins of men. Exposing the actual conditions of women's lives, creating assertive protagonists who resist or revise conventional roles, and exploring rich matriarchal traditions and connections to symbolic landscapes Welty, McCullers, and O'Connor created a body of fiction that enriches and complements the patriarchal version of southern life presented in the works of William Faulkner, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and William Styron.-publisher description.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The Blight of Southern Womanhood -- Growing Up in the Modern South -- The Enchanted Maternal Garden of Delta Wedding -- Venturesome Daughters -- Tomboys and Revolting Femininity -- Good Country People -- O'Conner's Sacred Landscapes -- Place, Freedom, and Feminine Identity.".
- catalog extent "xi, 217 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0820307467 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "c1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens : University of Georgia Press,".
- catalog spatial "Southern States In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American fiction Southern States History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American fiction Women authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Landscapes in literature.".
- catalog subject "McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "O'Connor, Flannery Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PS374.W6 W4 1985".
- catalog subject "Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature Southern States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The Blight of Southern Womanhood -- Growing Up in the Modern South -- The Enchanted Maternal Garden of Delta Wedding -- Venturesome Daughters -- Tomboys and Revolting Femininity -- Good Country People -- O'Conner's Sacred Landscapes -- Place, Freedom, and Feminine Identity.".
- catalog title "Sacred groves and ravaged gardens : the fiction of Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor / Louise Westling.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".