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The Resource Katherine Anne Porter : the life of an artist, Darlene Harbour Unrue

Katherine Anne Porter : the life of an artist, Darlene Harbour Unrue

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Summary
"From the moment Katherine Anne Porter arrived on the American literary scene in 1922, the public was intrigued with her life. Yet she herself revealed only scant facts of her background and often gave conflicting accounts. She maintained, though, that a germ of her own experience lies at the core of everything she wrote." "In Katherine Anne Porter: The Life of an Artist, Darlene Harbour Unrue finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil. Porter's maternal grandmother was institutionalized; Porter had more marriages than she ever acknowledged; she lost babies to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth, and she grieved over her failed motherhood. Ever-present were her fears of exile and insanity." "With unprecedented access to archival and personal papers, Unrue brings much new information to light. The biographer argues that the sources of Porter's deepest suffering were her early encounters with death, her fear of abandonment, her worry that she would inherit the "melancholia" that plagued both sides of her family, and her guilt at failing to produce children." "Despite these constant fears, Porter (1890-1980) lived an extraordinary life that vaulted her from poverty and obscurity to wealth and the fame of being a best-selling author. She experienced or observed many of the major events of the twentieth century. So often on the move, she lived in Greenwich Village during its heyday as a hotbed of radical politics and experimental art, in Mexico during the cultural revolution of the 1920s, in Europe during the rise of Nazism, and in America during the Cold War. Thirteen years old when she first rode in an automobile and saw an airplane, she was invited in her last decade to observe and write about the launching of the final Apollo space ship. Asked to summarize her own life, Porter was fond of quoting Madame Du Barry: "My life has been incredible. I don't believe a word of it!""--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxviii, 381 pages
Contents
  • Indian creek (1890-1892)
  • Catharine Ann Skaggs Porter (1892)
  • The fiery furnace (Autumn 1892-Autumn 1902)
  • Adolescence (Autumn 1902-Spring 1906)
  • Marriage (Spring 1906-February 1914)
  • The wild dash for Texas (February 1914-May 1918)
  • Apocalypse in Denver (May 1918-October 1919)
  • Greenwich Village (October 1919-October 1920)
  • Revolutionary Mexico (October-December 1920)
  • Adventure and betrayal in Mexico (January-August 1921)
  • Mexican bounty: the end of an apprenticeship (August 1921-September 1923)
  • Friends and lovers in New York and Connecticut (September 1923-April 1927)
  • Boston and Salem: witch-hunts and ancestors (April 1927-August 1928)
  • Escape to Bermuda (August 1928-Spring 1930)
  • Relinquishing Mexico (Spring 1930-August 1931)
  • The German interval (August 1931-January 1932)
  • Paris, Madrid, Basel (February-December 1932)
  • Paris (December 1932-January 1936)
  • Going home (January 1936-April 1938)
  • Transition from marriage to independence (April 1938-December 1941)
  • "Ah, the house ... the house" (January 1941-August 1942)
  • South hill and Washington, D.C. (August 1942-January 1945)
  • California (January 1945-September 1949)
  • New York City and France: the end of something (September 1949-September 1952)
  • Michigan and Belgium (September 1952-February 1955)
  • Ship of fools: the end of a long voyage (February 1955-September 1961)
  • Success and failure in the aftermath of a novel (September 1961-December 1966)
  • Spring Valley and College Park (January 1967-December 1971)
  • Return to Texas (January 1972-May 1976)
  • The last candles (May 1976-September 1980)
Isbn
9781578067770
Instance
Label
Katherine Anne Porter : the life of an artist
Title
Katherine Anne Porter
Title remainder
the life of an artist
Statement of responsibility
Darlene Harbour Unrue
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"From the moment Katherine Anne Porter arrived on the American literary scene in 1922, the public was intrigued with her life. Yet she herself revealed only scant facts of her background and often gave conflicting accounts. She maintained, though, that a germ of her own experience lies at the core of everything she wrote." "In Katherine Anne Porter: The Life of an Artist, Darlene Harbour Unrue finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil. Porter's maternal grandmother was institutionalized; Porter had more marriages than she ever acknowledged; she lost babies to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth, and she grieved over her failed motherhood. Ever-present were her fears of exile and insanity." "With unprecedented access to archival and personal papers, Unrue brings much new information to light. The biographer argues that the sources of Porter's deepest suffering were her early encounters with death, her fear of abandonment, her worry that she would inherit the "melancholia" that plagued both sides of her family, and her guilt at failing to produce children." "Despite these constant fears, Porter (1890-1980) lived an extraordinary life that vaulted her from poverty and obscurity to wealth and the fame of being a best-selling author. She experienced or observed many of the major events of the twentieth century. So often on the move, she lived in Greenwich Village during its heyday as a hotbed of radical politics and experimental art, in Mexico during the cultural revolution of the 1920s, in Europe during the rise of Nazism, and in America during the Cold War. Thirteen years old when she first rode in an automobile and saw an airplane, she was invited in her last decade to observe and write about the launching of the final Apollo space ship. Asked to summarize her own life, Porter was fond of quoting Madame Du Barry: "My life has been incredible. I don't believe a word of it!""--Jacket
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Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Unrue, Darlene Harbour
Dewey number
  • 813/.52
  • B
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
PS3531.O752
LC item number
Z828 2005
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Willie Morris books in memoir and biography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women and literature
  • Authors, American
  • Porter, Katherine Anne
Label
Katherine Anne Porter : the life of an artist, Darlene Harbour Unrue
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-347) 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
Indian creek (1890-1892) -- Catharine Ann Skaggs Porter (1892) -- The fiery furnace (Autumn 1892-Autumn 1902) -- Adolescence (Autumn 1902-Spring 1906) -- Marriage (Spring 1906-February 1914) -- The wild dash for Texas (February 1914-May 1918) -- Apocalypse in Denver (May 1918-October 1919) -- Greenwich Village (October 1919-October 1920) -- Revolutionary Mexico (October-December 1920) -- Adventure and betrayal in Mexico (January-August 1921) -- Mexican bounty: the end of an apprenticeship (August 1921-September 1923) -- Friends and lovers in New York and Connecticut (September 1923-April 1927) -- Boston and Salem: witch-hunts and ancestors (April 1927-August 1928) -- Escape to Bermuda (August 1928-Spring 1930) -- Relinquishing Mexico (Spring 1930-August 1931) -- The German interval (August 1931-January 1932) -- Paris, Madrid, Basel (February-December 1932) -- Paris (December 1932-January 1936) -- Going home (January 1936-April 1938) -- Transition from marriage to independence (April 1938-December 1941) -- "Ah, the house ... the house" (January 1941-August 1942) -- South hill and Washington, D.C. (August 1942-January 1945) -- California (January 1945-September 1949) -- New York City and France: the end of something (September 1949-September 1952) -- Michigan and Belgium (September 1952-February 1955) -- Ship of fools: the end of a long voyage (February 1955-September 1961) -- Success and failure in the aftermath of a novel (September 1961-December 1966) -- Spring Valley and College Park (January 1967-December 1971) -- Return to Texas (January 1972-May 1976) -- The last candles (May 1976-September 1980)
Control code
57531348
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxviii, 381 pages
Isbn
9781578067770
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2005001791
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Katherine Anne Porter : the life of an artist, Darlene Harbour Unrue
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-347) 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
Indian creek (1890-1892) -- Catharine Ann Skaggs Porter (1892) -- The fiery furnace (Autumn 1892-Autumn 1902) -- Adolescence (Autumn 1902-Spring 1906) -- Marriage (Spring 1906-February 1914) -- The wild dash for Texas (February 1914-May 1918) -- Apocalypse in Denver (May 1918-October 1919) -- Greenwich Village (October 1919-October 1920) -- Revolutionary Mexico (October-December 1920) -- Adventure and betrayal in Mexico (January-August 1921) -- Mexican bounty: the end of an apprenticeship (August 1921-September 1923) -- Friends and lovers in New York and Connecticut (September 1923-April 1927) -- Boston and Salem: witch-hunts and ancestors (April 1927-August 1928) -- Escape to Bermuda (August 1928-Spring 1930) -- Relinquishing Mexico (Spring 1930-August 1931) -- The German interval (August 1931-January 1932) -- Paris, Madrid, Basel (February-December 1932) -- Paris (December 1932-January 1936) -- Going home (January 1936-April 1938) -- Transition from marriage to independence (April 1938-December 1941) -- "Ah, the house ... the house" (January 1941-August 1942) -- South hill and Washington, D.C. (August 1942-January 1945) -- California (January 1945-September 1949) -- New York City and France: the end of something (September 1949-September 1952) -- Michigan and Belgium (September 1952-February 1955) -- Ship of fools: the end of a long voyage (February 1955-September 1961) -- Success and failure in the aftermath of a novel (September 1961-December 1966) -- Spring Valley and College Park (January 1967-December 1971) -- Return to Texas (January 1972-May 1976) -- The last candles (May 1976-September 1980)
Control code
57531348
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xxviii, 381 pages
Isbn
9781578067770
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2005001791
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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