Katherine Anne Porter's Artistic Development: Primitivism, Traditionalism and Totalitarianism (Southern Literary Studies) - Hardcover

Contradicts standard critical analysis, and her own view, that Porter's literary perspective and values remained constant throughout her career. Brinkmeyer describes her work as divisible into three contrasting stages: the early work done in Mexico, the rediscovery of her southern identity, and the period of obsession and cynicism which produced Ship of Fools . Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.