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Doris Betts
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Doris Betts Hardcover - 1997

by Elizabeth Evans

From the rear cover

A prominent voice in Southern literature, Doris Betts is the author of six novels and three short story collections, including Beasts of the Southern Wild (1973), Souls Raised from the Dead (1994), and The Sharp Teeth of Love (1997). Set primarily in North Carolina, Betts's fiction frequently depicts blue-collar workers and middle-class people who demonstrate perseverance, cheerfulness, and a refusal to be victimized. Her fiction reflects a strong biblical influence, everyday common sense, and durable humor. In Doris Betts - the first book-length study of Betts and her work - Elizabeth Evans presents an introduction to a writer of increasing renown. Drawing on a long association with Betts, Evans infuses her analysis with biographical details and provides expert syntheses of Betts's stories and novels, including uncollected stories and works-in-progress. Maintaining that a lack of or difficulty in achieving communion forms the dominant theme of Betts's fiction, Evans highlights key people and events shaping the writer's work: from the church-centered and patriotic Statesville, North Carolina, where Betts grew up in the aftermath of the Great Depression and during World War II, to her college contacts with writers such as Randall Jarrell, Robie Macauley, and Katherine Anne Porter.

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  • Title Doris Betts
  • Author Elizabeth Evans
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 137
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Twayne Publishers, New York
  • Date 1997-10
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780805778267 / 0805778268
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.78 x 8.75 x 0.71 in (22.30 x 22.23 x 1.80 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Women and literature - Southern States -, Betts, Doris - Criticism and interpretation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97021416
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.54

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/1998, Page 764

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