Jean Stafford
Subtitle: the savage heart
By: Charlotte Margolis Goodman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Stafford, Jean, 1915-; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Description: In this literary biography, Goodman traces the life of the brilliant but troubled Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Jean Stafford, and reassesses her importance. Drawing on a wealth of original material, Goodman describes the vital connections beftween Stafford's life and her fiction, as well as her amazing abilitry to transform the chaotic details of her life into elegant stories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-366) and index.