Elizabeth Spencer: novels & stories
Over the course of a career that spanned six decades, the southern novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Spencer established herself as one of the finest literary artists of a generation that included Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty. This definitive volume brings toget...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Over the course of a career that spanned six decades, the southern novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Spencer established herself as one of the finest literary artists of a generation that included Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty. This definitive volume brings together three remarkable novels: The Voice at the Back Door, her powerful masterpiece about racial politics in the world of Jim Crow Mississippi; the beloved classic The Light in the Piazza, a celebration of the possibilities of love set amidst the splendors of Florence; and its "dark companion," Knights and Dragons, about a woman working in Rome who is obsessed with the enigmatic specter of her ex-husband. A selection of nineteen stories reveals Spencer, as Richard Ford writes, as "a rare and true master" of the form |
| Beschreibung: | "Three novels and nineteen stories" (Klappentext) |
| Beschreibung: | 863 Seiten 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781598536867 |
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| adam_text | Contents The Voice at the Back Door..................................... i The Light in the Piazza.............................................. 305 Knights and Dragons.................................................. 371 Selected Stories........................................................... 479 First Dark...................................................................... 481 Marike Stories A Southern Landscape.................................................. 500 Sharon............................................................................. 513 Indian Summer............................................................. 522 The White Azalea........................................................... Ship Island...................................................................... The Bufords.................................................................... A Christian Education.................................................. The Girl Who Loved Horses....................................... The Cousins .................................................................. Jack of Diamonds ......................................................... The Business Venture.................................................... The Legacy.................................................................... 543 551 579 591 596 614 651 684 721 Edward Glenn Stories The Runaways............................................................... 741 The Master of Shongalo................................................ 749 Return
Trip.................................................................... 775 First Child . . . ................................................................ 790 On the Hill.................................................................... 801 The Wedding Visitor..................................................... 814 Chronology.......................................................................... 833 Note on the Texts..................................................................844 Notes................................................................................... 848
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Contents The Voice at the Back Door. i The Light in the Piazza. 305 Knights and Dragons. 371 Selected Stories. 479 First Dark. 481 Marike Stories A Southern Landscape. 500 Sharon. 513 Indian Summer. 522 The White Azalea. Ship Island. The Bufords. A Christian Education. The Girl Who Loved Horses. The Cousins . Jack of Diamonds . The Business Venture. The Legacy. 543 551 579 591 596 614 651 684 721 Edward Glenn Stories The Runaways. 741 The Master of Shongalo. 749 Return
Trip. 775 First Child . . . . 790 On the Hill. 801 The Wedding Visitor. 814 Chronology. 833 Note on the Texts.844 Notes. 848 |
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