Garrett, George [Palmer, Jr.]
Garrett, George [Palmer, Jr.]( 1929–),born in Florida, educated at Princeton, to which he returned as a professor after teaching writing and criticism at Hollins College and the University of South Carolina. His first publication was poetry, continued in The Sleeping Gypsy (1958), Abraham's Knife (1961), For a Bitter Season (1967), Welcome to the Medicine Show (1978), and Love's Shining Child (1981). He is also known for his fiction, his stories being collected in King of the Mountain (1958), In the Briar Patch (1961), Cold Ground Was My Bed Last Night (1964), A Wreath for Garibaldi (1969), and The Magic Striptease (1973). His novels include The Finished Man (1959), about Florida politics; Which Ones Are the Enemy? (1961); Do, Lord, Remember Me (1965), concerning religious revival show people; Death of the Fox (1971), a fictional biography of...
[The entire page is 204 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Oxford University Press Titles
