The Resource Katherine Anne Porter : a life, Joan Givner
Katherine Anne Porter : a life, Joan Givner
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Resource Information
The item Katherine Anne Porter : a life, Joan Givner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Recounts Katherine Anne Porter's rise from Texas log-cabin poverty to a position as a well-known short story writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, stressing her stamina, wit, and determination
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 572 pages, [8] leaves of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- The Porter Family History: Legend, Memory, Whimsy, and Applejack
- Born to the Practice of Literature
- Adolescence: The Old Order Changeth
- That Preposterous First Marriage
- The Ungodly Struggle
- Death and Rebirth in Denver
- Greenwich Village and Mexico City: A Very Growing Season
- Getting Ready to be a Writer
- The Foreign Land of Massachusetts
- The Fabulous Year
- Farewell to Mexico
- The German Experience
- Paris, Madrid, Basle, Paris: Once I Followed a Husband All Over Europe
- Paris
- Pennsylvania, New York, Louisiana, Texas
- A House of My Own
- The Love of a Lifetime
- California: A Perpetual Homesickness for Just Anywhere Else on Earth
- Disciples Must Be Very Hard for a Mere Human Being to Endure
- University Teaching: Transmitting Something of Value
- I Am Really Old Now and ... Time Is Running Out
- Ship of Fools: The Last Stretch
- The Aftermath of Ship of Fools: I Was Happier Before
- Two Kinds of Success
- The Rewards of Success
- The Final Chapter
- Isbn
- 9780671432072
- Label
- Katherine Anne Porter : a life
- Title
- Katherine Anne Porter
- Title remainder
- a life
- Statement of responsibility
- Joan Givner
- Subject
-
- AUTORAS ESTADOUNIDENSES -- SIGLO 20 -- BIOGRAFIAS
- AUTORAS ESTADOUNIDENSES -- SIGLO 20 | BIOGRAFIAS
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, American | 20th century | Biography
- Biografie
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- History
- PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE <1890-1980>
- PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE, 1890-1980
- 1900-1999
- Porter, Katherine Anne | 1890-1980
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
- United States
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Women and literature | United States | History | 20th century
- Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recounts Katherine Anne Porter's rise from Texas log-cabin poverty to a position as a well-known short story writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, stressing her stamina, wit, and determination
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Givner, Joan
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- 813/.52
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3531.O752
- LC item number
- Z64 1982
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE <1890-1980>
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- Porter, Katherine Anne
- Authors, American
- Women and literature
- AUTORAS ESTADOUNIDENSES
- Écrivains américains
- Authors, American
- Women and literature
- United States
- AUTORAS ESTADOUNIDENSES
- Biografie
- Label
- Katherine Anne Porter : a life, Joan Givner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The Porter Family History: Legend, Memory, Whimsy, and Applejack -- Born to the Practice of Literature -- Adolescence: The Old Order Changeth -- That Preposterous First Marriage -- The Ungodly Struggle -- Death and Rebirth in Denver -- Greenwich Village and Mexico City: A Very Growing Season -- Getting Ready to be a Writer -- The Foreign Land of Massachusetts -- The Fabulous Year -- Farewell to Mexico -- The German Experience -- Paris, Madrid, Basle, Paris: Once I Followed a Husband All Over Europe -- Paris -- Pennsylvania, New York, Louisiana, Texas -- A House of My Own -- The Love of a Lifetime -- California: A Perpetual Homesickness for Just Anywhere Else on Earth -- Disciples Must Be Very Hard for a Mere Human Being to Endure -- University Teaching: Transmitting Something of Value -- I Am Really Old Now and ... Time Is Running Out -- Ship of Fools: The Last Stretch -- The Aftermath of Ship of Fools: I Was Happier Before -- Two Kinds of Success -- The Rewards of Success -- The Final Chapter
- Control code
- ocm08667791
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 572 pages, [8] leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780671432072
- Lccn
- 82010626
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780671432072
- (OCoLC)08667791
- Label
- Katherine Anne Porter : a life, Joan Givner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- The Porter Family History: Legend, Memory, Whimsy, and Applejack -- Born to the Practice of Literature -- Adolescence: The Old Order Changeth -- That Preposterous First Marriage -- The Ungodly Struggle -- Death and Rebirth in Denver -- Greenwich Village and Mexico City: A Very Growing Season -- Getting Ready to be a Writer -- The Foreign Land of Massachusetts -- The Fabulous Year -- Farewell to Mexico -- The German Experience -- Paris, Madrid, Basle, Paris: Once I Followed a Husband All Over Europe -- Paris -- Pennsylvania, New York, Louisiana, Texas -- A House of My Own -- The Love of a Lifetime -- California: A Perpetual Homesickness for Just Anywhere Else on Earth -- Disciples Must Be Very Hard for a Mere Human Being to Endure -- University Teaching: Transmitting Something of Value -- I Am Really Old Now and ... Time Is Running Out -- Ship of Fools: The Last Stretch -- The Aftermath of Ship of Fools: I Was Happier Before -- Two Kinds of Success -- The Rewards of Success -- The Final Chapter
- Control code
- ocm08667791
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 572 pages, [8] leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780671432072
- Lccn
- 82010626
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780671432072
- (OCoLC)08667791
Subject
- AUTORAS ESTADOUNIDENSES -- SIGLO 20 -- BIOGRAFIAS
- AUTORAS ESTADOUNIDENSES -- SIGLO 20 | BIOGRAFIAS
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, American | 20th century | Biography
- Biografie
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- History
- PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE <1890-1980>
- PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE, 1890-1980
- 1900-1999
- Porter, Katherine Anne | 1890-1980
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
- Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
- United States
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Women and literature | United States | History | 20th century
- Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies
- Porter, Katherine Anne
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