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Caroline Ferguson Gordon (October 6, 1895 – April 11, 1981) was an American novelist and literary critic who, while still in her thirties, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and an O. Henry Award in 1934. Biography. Gordon was born and raised in Todd County, Kentucky at her family's plantation home, "Woodstock".
- Merits and Demerits in The Malefactors
- Portraits in The Attic
- Tragedy and Reversal
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Although The Malefactors is more than the “spiritual hangover of the Lost Generation” (as Time magazine called it), the novel cannot entirely dodge one critic’s charge that it is “tedious.” First, the past exerts a persistent influence on the action. As Gordon explained to a friend, the stories of three dead men (the poet Horne Watts, as well as th...
Cynthia appears in Tom’s office “in a white dress,” bearing a manila folder filled with poetry. Cognizant of the gulf that separates him from his wife, Tom confesses to Cynthia, “I haven’t been able to write anything for a long time.” She preys upon this declaration of poetic impotence, indicating how eager she is to have him admire her poems and t...
There is something in the scene of Greek tragedy, of the “reversal” Aristotle describes in his Poetics. In How to Read a Novel, Gordon explains that such a reversal is caused “by an incident: something which, happening suddenly, crystalizes the action and hurries it toward Resolution.” Although “there is nothing illogical about it” (and there is no...
A review of the life and works of Caroline Gordon, a Catholic novelist who converted to Catholicism in 1947 and influenced Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy. Learn about her novels, such as The Malefactors and The Strange Children, and her role as an editor and mentor of the Southern Catholic literary movement.
Gordon, Caroline nell'Enciclopedia Treccani - Treccani - Treccani. Arte. DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. Scrittrice statunitense (Todd County, Kentucky, 1895 - Princeton, New Jersey, 1981); i suoi romanzi sono per lo più ambientati nel Sud durante o dopo la guerra civile; in quella cultura in di sfacimento e nella corruzione delle grandi ...
Cluny media has recently republished some of her works, giving Gordon some due notice. For all who are themselves concerned with the conduct of life, Caroline Gordon's novels, short stories, and criticism offer a clear reflection of reality.
American novelist and short-story writer. Examine the life, times, and work of Caroline Gordon through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
In her fiction as well as in her literary criticism and teaching career, Caroline Gordon was a significant figure in the Southern Renaissance and made valuable contributions to 20th-century American literature. Caroline Gordon was born on Merry Mont farm, on the southern border of Kentucky, in 1895.
Caroline Gordon was a distinguished novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and literary critic. In the field of literary criticism, she is admired for her contributions to New Criticism and to...
