Complex sentence: Literary critics considered her to be a "plantation novelist", however retrospective reviewers felt this was only partially true, as Terhune set several novels outside of the South, including two set in New York.
Split into simpler sentences: Literary critics considered her to be a "plantation novelist" at the time. More recently, critics have appraised her differently, noting that Terhune set several novels outside of the South, including two set in New York.