Mary Austin: Song of a Maverick - Softcover

Lanigan, Esther F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816517142 ISBN 13: 9780816517145

Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 1997

Synopsis

"This book seamlessly combines biography and criticism. [Lanigan] adeptly analyzes Austin's life...and also offers insightful analyses of Austin's writing. Like other females of her period, she received too little recognition for her original prose style and social critiques. Thanks to Song of a Maverick, we hear Mary Austin's voice more clearly and appreciatively." —Carol J. Singley in American Literature

"[Lanigan] provides illuminating sociological background and lucidly marshals the existing biolgraphical data." —Choice

"Mary Hunter Austin was a well-known and respected author and activitst in her lifetime but is little known in ours. In this excellent biography...[Lanigan] chose to focus on a few central relationships in Austin's life, to explore in some depth a few central texts, and to understand the interior life of her subject. She has done a splendid job." —Ann J. Lane in the Journal of American History

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'Mary Hunter Austin was a well-known and respected author and activist in her lifetime but is little known in ours. In this excellent biography.... Lanigan chose to focus on a few central relationships in Austin's life, to explore in some depth a few central texts, and to understand the interior life of her subject. She has done a splendid job.' - Ann J. Lane in the Journal of American History.

About the Author:

Esther F. Lanigan has taught in the Department of English at the University of Colorado, Colorado College, Yale University, and College of William and Mary.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0816517142
• ISBN 13: 9780816517145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 269