Porter, Katherine Anne (Vol. 3) - Porter, Katherine Anne 1890–
Porter, Katherine Anne 1890–
Miss Porter is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American short story writer and novelist. Considered a master of the short story, she constructs her stories around subtle psychological examination of her characters. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
[Miss Porter] is a contemporary of Faulkner, and although she has always stood completely alone as a literary figure, her art suggests some reflections on the First World War generation of American writers whose restless search for values and experiments with form introduced Americans to the modern age. She, too, questioned all that she inherited. She threw off the beliefs she was raised with, the quaint, hypocritical notions about the family, the human personality, love, art….
Only rare souls ever profit from the general historical experience of their times, and what we call the lessons of history are often other names for heartbreak and...
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