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Title

Texas women writers : a tradition of their own / edited by by Sylvia Ann Grider & Lou Halsell Rodenberger.

Publication

College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

• Grider, Sylvia Ann.
• Rodenberger, Lou Halsell.

Description

xvi, 461 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

• Texas Women Writers: A Tradition of Their Own is a sweeping account of a rich yet largely ignored literary history covering over 160 years of women's writing in the Lone Star State. Their writings vary widely in theme, setting, and voice; nevertheless, these writers share a distinct tradition that is in part defined by their isolation due to both geography and gender and is wholly different from that of their male counterparts.
• The introductory essay by the editors covers the history of women writers in Texas from the pioneers to the postmodernists, providing the context and theme for the survey. Critical-biographical portraits of the lives and careers of individual writers both major and minor follow: from novelists, dramatists, and poets, to writers of short stories, children's books, and creative nonfiction.
• Other essays examine the developmental history of major genres in the region and chronologically review each generation and the particular challenges of time and place that shaped their work. The careers of African-American and Tejana writers are also examined as part of newly emerging literary traditions.

Series Statement

Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 8

Uniform Title

Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 8.

Subjects

• American literature > Texas > History and criticism
• Women and literature > Texas > History
• American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
• Texas > In literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-432) and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Sylvia Ann Grider and Lou Halsell Rodenberger -- Pt. 1. Prose Writers. The Pioneers, 1830-1920. "The Astonishing Proportions": Nonfiction Literature, 1830-1920 / Fane Downs. Fiction by Texas Women, 1846-1920 / Carole Wolf. The Innovators, 1920-60. Mabel Major / Joyce Gibson Roach. Karle Wilson Baker and Charlotte Baker Montgomery / Pamela Lynn Palmer. Ruth Cross / Sylvia Whitman. Loula Grace Erdman / Ernestine Sewell. Jewel Gibson / Melvin Rosser Mason. Elithe Hamilton Kirkland / Ernestine Sewell. Katherine Anne Porter / Janis P. Stout. Dorothy Scarborough / Sylvia Ann Grider. The Professionals, 1960-95. Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey / Joyce Thompson. Laura Furman, Beverly Lowry, and Shelby Hearon / Patrick Bennett. Jane Gilmore Rushing / Cheryl Key and Peggy Skaggs. Carolyn Osborn / Tanya Long Bennett and Lou Halsell Rodenberger. A Reflection of Place and History: The Short Story / Lou Halsell Rodenberger.
• Let the Works Define the Field: Contemporary Creative Nonfiction / Mallory Young. Well-Told Tales: Children's Book Writers / Laurie Dudley -- Pt. 2. Tejana and African-American Writers. Ever Radical: A Survey of Tejana Writers / Bryce Milligan. A Developing Tradition: African-American Writers / Lou Halsell Rodenberger. Literary Traditions in Works by African-American Playwrights / Patricia R. Williams -- Pt. 3. Poets. From Lady to Laureate: Texas Women Poets, 1836-1936 / Betty Sue Flowers. The Buried Life: Texas Women Poets, 1920-60 / Paul Christensen. Exploring the New Psychic Geography: Vassar Miller, Jan Epton Seale, and Sandra Lynn / Betsy Feagan Colquitt. Three Contemporary Poets: Naomi Shihab Nye, Pattiann Rogers, and Betsy Feagan Colquitt / Jan Epton Seale -- Pt. 4. Dramatists. Emerging from the Wings: Texas Women Dramatists / William B. Martin -- Pt. 5. Symposium. Judyth Rigler. Judy Alter. Fran Vick. Jane Tanner. Nancy Baker Jones.

ISBN

• 0890967520 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0890967652 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

97007048

OCLC

ocm36379809

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries