Strange and Lurid Bloom: A Study of the Fiction of Caroline Gordon

by Anne M. Boyle

Caroline Gordon, regarded as a minor figure of the Southern Renaissance, was enviviosned as a writer, sometimes as a mother, but most often as a wife to Allen Tate and as a hostess and novelist who entertained and sometimes mentored artists visiting their home in Tennessee. This critical interpretation assesses Caroline Gordon's early struggles to gain voice and respect as a writer, her tendency to explore themes of sexual and racial tension, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838639321
• ISBN13: 9780838639320
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 205 Pages