| Description |
xix, 242 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Callie Russell Porter's Texas : history, geoculture, and the need to escape -- Away and yet not away -- The Mexican dream and its realities -- Recalling childhood : beauty, death, and "The old order" -- Seizing the moment : endless memory and "Noon wine" -- Awakening the Southern belle from her dream of a horse race -- Racial nightmares and "The man in the tree" -- War's alarms : three Texans, two wars -- Two almost-last straws -- Sexual politics and Ship of Fools -- Never reconciled. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 -- Knowledge -- Texas.
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 -- Knowledge -- Mexico.
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 -- Political and social views.
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Women in literature.
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War in literature.
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Ambivalence in literature.
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Women and literature.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Texas -- In literature.
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Mexico -- In literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Katherine Anne Porter and the burden of Texas history |
| ISBN |
9780817317829 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780817386498 (electronic bk.) |
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