ISBN: 9780875652375

Born in the now-gone community of Indian Creek and raised in Kyle, Porter is tied to Texas by three major events that occurred during her career. In 1939 she expected to receive the Texas… Mehr…

Born in the now-gone community of Indian Creek and raised in Kyle, Porter is tied to Texas by three major events that occurred during her career. In 1939 she expected to receive the Texas Institute of Letters Award for "Best Texas Book" only to be insulted when the award went to folklorist J. Frank Dobie. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   From Texas to the World and Back: Essays on the Journeys of Katherine Anne Porter Katherine Anne Porter's uneasy relationship with her home state has become increasingly important to discussions of her life and work. Born in the now-gone community of Indian Creek and raised in Kyle, Porter is tied to Texas by three major events that occurred during her career. In 1939 she expected to receive the Texas Institute of Letters Award for "Best Texas Book" only to be insulted when the award went to folklorist J. Frank Dobie. In the 1950s she accepted an invitation to lecture at the University of Texas at Austin. During her visit to present that lecture, Porter began to believe that UT would build a library and name it after her, Texas' most famous literary daughter. But somehow she and UT President Harry Ransom miscommunicated, and Porter left her materials to the McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland. Finally, in 1976 she returned to Texas to receive recognition from Howard Payne University in Brownwood. On that trip she visited her mother's grave in the little cemetery at Indian Creek and decided that her remains on her death belonged beside her mother. So Porter finally returned to the state she had fled early in her life. The essays in this collection are based primarily upon a symposium held in May 1998 at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. The collection includes essays by both scholars of Porter's work and of Texas literature. Some concern specific aspects of her life, such as her love for her birthday or her marital record. Others focus on the main elements of her relationship with Texas, while still others deal with specific works, often relating them to her Texas heritage. This important addition to Porter studies provides new insight into the ways in which Porter's Texas heritage shaped her life and her fiction. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography Mark Busby and Dick Heaberlin are professors of English at Texas State University-San Marcos and co-editors of Texas Books in Review and Southwestern American Literature. Busby is director of the Center for the Study of the Southwest. Details ISBN0875652379 Short Title FROM TEXAS TO THE WORLD & BACK Publisher Texas Christian University Press Language English ISBN-10 0875652379 ISBN-13 9780875652375 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY B Illustrations Yes Year 2001 Publication Date 2001-06-30 Pages 248 Imprint Texas Christian University Press,U.S. Subtitle Essays on the Journeys of Katherine Anne Porter Place of Publication Fort Worth Country of Publication United States Edited by Dick Heaberlin DOI 10.1604/9780875652375 AU Release Date 2001-04-01 NZ Release Date 2001-04-01 US Release Date 2001-04-01 UK Release Date 2001-04-01 We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENTPeace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:18564769; , Nuovo, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Format: Hardcover, Language: English, ISBN-13: 9780875652375, Book Title: From Texas to the World and Back: Essays on the Journeys of Kathe, EAN: 9780875652375<

2001, ISBN: 9780875652375

Editor: Busby, Mark, Editor: Heaberlin, Dick, Texas Christian University Press, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 248 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.52 kg… Mehr…

Editor: Busby, Mark, Editor: Heaberlin, Dick, Texas Christian University Press, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 248 Seiten, Publiziert: 2001-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 7358381, Authors, Arts & Literature, Biographies & Memoirs, Subjects, Books, Women, Community & Culture, Travelers & Explorers, Criticism & Theory, History & Criticism, Literature & Fiction, Movements & Periods, United States, Regional & Cultural, Women Authors, Women Writers, Women's Studies, Politics & Social Sciences, Texas Christian University Press, 2001<