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| Name: |
Katherine Anne Porter | | Birth Date: |
May 15, 1890 | | Death Date: |
September 18, 1980 | | Place of Birth: |
Indian Creek, Texas, United States | | Place of Death: |
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
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Biography of Katherine Anne Porter
837 words, approx. 3 pages
 The works of Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980), American writer, were characterized by delicate perceptions and painstaking craftsmanship. Katherine Anne Porter was born on May 15, 1890, in Indian Creek, Texas. She was a descendant of Jonathan Boone,...
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Biography of Katherine Anne Porter
14,575 words, approx. 49 pages
 Katherine Anne Porter's literary reputation rests on the twenty-seven stories in her Collected Stories (1964) rather than on the best-selling novel Ship of Fools (1962), on which she worked intermittently for thirty years. She was one of the most...
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Biography of Katherine Anne Porter
13,799 words, approx. 46 pages
 Katherine Anne Porter 's literary reputation rests on the twenty-seven stories in her Collected Stories (1964) rather than on the best-selling novel Ship of Fools (1962), on which she worked intermittently for thirty years. She was one of the most...



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Katherine Anne Porter Quotes
3,698 words, approx. 12 pages
 Katherine Anne Porter ( 15 May 1890 - 18 September 1980 ) was a celebrated American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Writers at Work interview (1963) 1.2 The Never-Ending Wrong (1977) 2 Attributed 3 External...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Katherine Anne Porter Information
1,737 words, approx. 6 pages
 Katherine Anne Porter (15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. She is known for her penetrating insight; her works deal with dark themes such as...



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Katherine Anne Porter: The Life Of An Artist
12/01/2005: 523 words, approx. 2 pages KATHERINE ANNE PORTER: THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST BY DARLENE HARBOUR UNRUE JACKSON: UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI. 381 PAGES. $30. Katherine Anne Porter's penchant for prevarication was legendary. The introduction to the Paris Review's 1963 interview with the author, for instance, includes this...
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 Studies in the Novel
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Today in history - March 4
3/4/2007: 527 words, approx. 2 pages Today is Sunday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2007. There are 302 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 4, 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The lawmakers then...




Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Darlene Harbour Unrue
18,076 words, approx. 60 pages
 In the following essay, Unrue explores Porter's attitude toward art, religion, politics, and philosophy as evinced in her short fiction.
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Critical Essay by Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.
14,706 words, approx. 49 pages
 In the following essay, Brinkmeyer traces Porter's growing interest in familial identity and Southern heritage and determines its effect on her fiction.
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Critical Essay by George Hendrick
13,727 words, approx. 46 pages
 In the following essay from his full-length study of Porter's work, Hendrick classifies Porter's short fiction into four main categories based on common thematic concerns, stylistic techniques, and settings.
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Katherine Anne Porter: History in Context
1,630 words, approx. 5 pages
 Is a woman's strength determined by her endurance to stay in a hurtful relationship, or is it determined by her ability to move on? This essay compares Katherine Anne Porter's short story "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" with her own life. It also compares this story to women of that time period.


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