{"product_id":"this-strange-old-world-and-other-book-reviews-by-katherine-anne-porter-paperback","title":"This Strange, Old World and Other Book Reviews by Katherine Anne Porter - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Anne Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDarlene Harbour Unrue\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1920 and 1958 Katherine Anne Porter published more than sixty-five book review, many of which are now largely inaccessible. Although several such pieces have appeared in earlier collections of Porter's nonfiction writings, never have so many of Porter's reviews--nearly fifty--been made available in a single volume. Collectively the review reveal Porter's opinions on topics ranging from the nature of art and the place of the artist in politics and society to feminism and the role of female artists. Particularly evident in the reviews are the critical principles that guided her own work as well as her judgments of the works of other writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her introductory essay Darlene Harbour Unrue provides important biographical information on Porter, traces her career as a reviewer, and links critical assumptions in the reviews to the themes and techniques of Porter's fiction. Other scholars as well have regarded Porter's critical reviews as valuable tools both for analyzing the fiction and for constructing a portrait of Porter the artist, primarily because Porter produced so little fiction (three collections of short stories and novellas, \u003ci\u003eFlowering Judas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Leaning Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePale Horse, Pale Rider\u003c\/i\u003e, and a novel, \u003ci\u003eShip of Fools\u003c\/i\u003e). In the preface to the first collection of her nonfiction writings, \u003ci\u003eThe Days Before\u003c\/i\u003e, Porter herself urged readers to look closely at her nonfiction, for there they would discover \"the shape, direction, and connective tissue of a continuous, central interest and preoccupation of a lifetime.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost of the reviews--which appeared in such publications as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Masses\u003c\/i\u003e--she apparently undertook for financial reasons, but occasionally she would agree to review a friend's latest offering. She published no reviews after the success of her best-selling novel, \u003ci\u003eShip of Fools\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePorter's scope as a reviewer was impressively broad. Because she lived in Mexico City during the revolution, had known Diego Rivera, and had studied \"primitive\" Mexican art, she was often called on to review books on Mexican art and on the revolution. Porter also reviewed many books by or about women. Her reviews of the \u003ci\u003eShort Novels of Colette\u003c\/i\u003e and Katharine Anthony's translation of Catherine the Great's memoirs are particularly noteworthy for her comments about women artists and her expression of admiration for women who flout traditional roles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese collected reviews illustrate the evolution of one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century and will interest not only Porter scholars but also anyone who appreciates her fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDARLENE HARBOUR UNRUE is a distinguished professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has written six books on Katherine Anne Porter. Unrue's most recent work, a biography of Porter titled \u003ci\u003eKatherine Anne Porter: The Life of an Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2005 Eudora Welty Prize for Excellence in Modern Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703804850483,"sku":"9780820333533","price":52.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/S7BoDPOwbF9780820333533.webp?v=1763340960","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/this-strange-old-world-and-other-book-reviews-by-katherine-anne-porter-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}