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Caroline Ferguson Gordon (October 6, 1895 – April 11, 1981) was an American novelist and literary critic who, while still in her thirties, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and an O. Henry Award in 1934.
- Merits and Demerits in The Malefactors
- Portraits in The Attic
- Tragedy and Reversal
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Although The Malefactors is more than the “spiritual hangover of the Lost Generation” (as Time magazine called it), the novel cannot entirely dodge one critic’s charge that it is “tedious.” First, the past exerts a persistent influence on the action. As Gordon explained to a friend, the stories of three dead men (the poet Horne Watts, as well as th...
Cynthia appears in Tom’s office “in a white dress,” bearing a manila folder filled with poetry. Cognizant of the gulf that separates him from his wife, Tom confesses to Cynthia, “I haven’t been able to write anything for a long time.” She preys upon this declaration of poetic impotence, indicating how eager she is to have him admire her poems and t...
There is something in the scene of Greek tragedy, of the “reversal” Aristotle describes in his Poetics. In How to Read a Novel, Gordon explains that such a reversal is caused “by an incident: something which, happening suddenly, crystalizes the action and hurries it toward Resolution.” Although “there is nothing illogical about it” (and there is no...
A review of the life and works of Caroline Gordon, a Catholic novelist who converted to Catholicism in 1947 and influenced Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy. Learn about her novels, such as The Malefactors and The Strange Children, and her role as an editor and mentor of the Southern Catholic literary movement.
Caroline Gordon may be the most influential Catholic author you have never heard of. In the Studio by Lilla Cabot Perry, Public Domain, via WikiArt. She was the wife of the poet Allen Tate, the literary mentor of Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy, and helped found the creative writing department at the University of Dallas.
24 de abr. de 2020 · The novelist who mentored a young Flannery O’Connor. Maura Shea April 24, 2020. Caroline Gordon and Flannery O’Connor (photo: Wikipedia/AP) Many Catholics interested in literature have had...
Caroline Gordon: The Women on the Porch. Caroline Gordon was born in Kentucky in 1895, her ancestors on both sides having come to Virginia and then moved to Kentucky in the colonial period. On her mother’s side she was descended from Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis and Clark fame).
PDF Cite. Caroline Gordon was a distinguished novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and literary critic. In the field of literary criticism, she is admired for her contributions to New...
Died: April 11, 1981, Chiapas, Mexico. Caroline Ferguson Gordon was a novelist and short story writer who explored themes of the history and evolution of Southern families. She also was a literary critic who became a mentor and friend to many of America’s best-known 20th Century writers.
