From her first awkward poems and stories, to her finely crafted essays as a newspaper and feature writer, to the gathering brilliance that began from the outset of her Florida Period, highlighted by the Pulitzer Prize for The Yearling in 1939, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings became, in the words of Margaret Mitchell, America s born perfect storyteller. Arguing that Rawlings has been underestimated and underappreciated as one of the great American writers, Tarr and Kinser present Rawlings s emergence and maturation as an artist. This collection brings together for the first time the work that...
From her first awkward poems and stories, to her finely crafted essays as a newspaper and feature writer, to the gathering brilliance that began from ...
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Brent E. Kinser Rodger L. Tarr
Bon mots from one of the twentieth century s most beloved writers
These impeccably chosen passages are a trenchant reminder that Margaret Rawlings is one of our country s greatest writers. Brent Kinser and Rodger Tarr have done an important service not only for Rawlings but also for American Literature. Ron Rash, author ofBurning Bright: Stories Rawlings s language is striking, vivid, compelling, precise, and moving. When readers leave the text, they take with them much to ponder and appreciate from Rawlings s lucid descriptions and movingly intriguing dialogue....
Bon mots from one of the twentieth century s most beloved writers
These impeccably chosen passages are a trenchant reminder that Margare...
