Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary McCarthy
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Child rearing or parenting, Children, Family or family life, Religion, Brothers and sisters, 1910’s, 1920’s, Truth, Grandparents or grandchildren, Youth, Truthfulness and falsehood, Catholics or Catholic Church, Conformity, Orphans or orphanages
- Locales: Washington, Montana, Minnesota
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, the most deeply passionate of McCarthy's published writings, is a moving chronicle of her early years, through her adolescence. Beginning her account with a careful, italicized address to the reader, the author sets the tone for the following eight chapters by philosophizing that “to care for the quarrels of the past . . . is to experience a kind of straining against reality, a rebellious nonconformity that, again, is rare in America.” Although this was written within the context of discussing the merits of Catholic education, it is also a...
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