Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
English
Date of Award
12-2007
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Mark S. Holland
Committee Members
Thomas A. Holmes, Judith B. Slagle
Abstract
Writer and critic Caroline Gordon has been a participant on the Southern literary scene since the early 1930s, yet her works have been neither studied nor appreciated as frequently as the works of her male contemporaries. Her novels and short fiction never received the critical acclaim that they merited due to the perpetuation of the erroneous idea that women have little to say. While at the time other female writers were exploring their emancipation, Gordon retreated to the consistent confines of male-dominated tradition and created fiction embodying her conservative philosophy. This thesis will examine five pieces of her short fiction, 'The Petrified Woman," "Tom Rivers," "One More Day," "The Brilliant Leaves," and "The Presence," to explore gender relationships and how Gordon's background and personal beliefs impacted her body of work.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Hipple, Linda Elaine, "Hearing Adam: Gender Relationships in the Short Fiction of Caroline Gordon." (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2032. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2032
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
Included in
English Language and Literature Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons