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- catalog abstract "Weeds was published by Harcourt Brace in 1923 and also brought out in England by Jonathan Cape. Despite favorable re{u00AD}views by well-regarded critics the book made no impact, and Edith Summers Kelley never published another novel. Its reprinting here in this innovative series which brought back Zelda Fitz{u00AD}gerald{u2019}s Save Me the Waltz is in the opin{u00AD}ion of the publishers a literary event of great magnitude{u2014}perhaps equal to the rediscovery of Henry Roth{u2019}s Call It Sleep. Weeds portrays the monotonous, drudg{u00AD}ing life of the small tenant farmer of the tobacco fields of Kentucky. The story centers around Judith Pippinger, who has spirit, beauty, and a restless seeking for a purpose in life, but who is brutalized by farm life. It is not a dramatic novel, as Matthew Bruccoli notes in his Introduction to this neglected masterpiece. But it is convinc{u00AD}ing. The people live. On two counts this book is important. It is a perfectly controlled work of fiction, and therefore has the automatic worth that any superior piece of literature has. Also, it has his{u00AD}torical value as a peak achievement in the revolt-from-the-farm school of naturalistic American fiction. Edith Summers Kelley was the last writer in the Hamlin Garland, E. W. Howe, Joseph Kirkland line of de{u00AD}velopment. Aside from its probable worth as social history, Weeds is highly readable. Read{u00AD}ers will find here plausible people in a beautifully-handled realistic setting. In{u00AD}teresting to note, the novel{u2019}s strongest supporter heretofore was Sinclair Lewis, who was engaged to the author. In the opinion of Professor Bruccoli, Weeds is as good as Main Street.".
- catalog contributor b7836591.
- catalog coverage "Kentucky Fiction.".
- catalog created "[1972, c1923]".
- catalog date "1972".
- catalog date "[1972, c1923]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1972, c1923]".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Weeds was published by Harcourt Brace in 1923 and also brought out in England by Jonathan Cape. Despite favorable re{u00AD}views by well-regarded critics the book made no impact, and Edith Summers Kelley never published another novel. Its reprinting here in this innovative series which brought back Zelda Fitz{u00AD}gerald{u2019}s Save Me the Waltz is in the opin{u00AD}ion of the publishers a literary event of great magnitude{u2014}perhaps equal to the rediscovery of Henry Roth{u2019}s Call It Sleep. Weeds portrays the monotonous, drudg{u00AD}ing life of the small tenant farmer of the tobacco fields of Kentucky. The story centers around Judith Pippinger, who has spirit, beauty, and a restless seeking for a purpose in life, but who is brutalized by farm life. It is not a dramatic novel, as Matthew Bruccoli notes in his Introduction to this neglected masterpiece. But it is convinc{u00AD}ing. The people live. On two counts this book is important. It is a perfectly controlled work of fiction, and therefore has the automatic worth that any superior piece of literature has. Also, it has his{u00AD}torical value as a peak achievement in the revolt-from-the-farm school of naturalistic American fiction. Edith Summers Kelley was the last writer in the Hamlin Garland, E. W. Howe, Joseph Kirkland line of de{u00AD}velopment. Aside from its probable worth as social history, Weeds is highly readable. Read{u00AD}ers will find here plausible people in a beautifully-handled realistic setting. In{u00AD}teresting to note, the novel{u2019}s strongest supporter heretofore was Sinclair Lewis, who was engaged to the author. In the opinion of Professor Bruccoli, Weeds is as good as Main Street.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 335 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Weeds.".
- catalog identifier "0809305879".
- catalog isFormatOf "Weeds.".
- catalog isPartOf "Crosscurrents/Modern fiction".
- catalog issued "1972".
- catalog issued "[1972, c1923]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press".
- catalog relation "Weeds.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky.".
- catalog subject "813/.5/2".
- catalog subject "Authors, American Kentucky.".
- catalog subject "Farm life Kentucky Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Historical fiction.".
- catalog subject "PZ3.K2868 We6 PS3521.E4117".
- catalog subject "Tobacco farmers Kentucky Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Women authors, American Kentucky.".
- catalog title "Weeds. With an introd. by Matthew J. Bruccoli.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".