SOURCE: "Through Caverns Measureless to Man: Jean Stafford's 'The Interior Castle,'" in Shenandoah, Vol. 34, No. 4, 1983, pp. 79-95.
In this essay, Leary relates Stafford's personal experiences, particularly her tempestuous relationship with husband Robert Lowell, to the short story "The Interior Castle, " stating the story "may be viewed as a metaphor of Stafford's own battle for survival."
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