Nothing against another Cather revival, but is anyone every going to revive Ellen Glasgow?
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Almost agree- but think it is going to swing to Patricia Highsmith.
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I thought this already happened years ago.
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I don't thing she's ever fallen out of the canon, but here's an example of a "revival" from 20 years ago:https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v22/n24/terry-castle/pipe-down-back-there …
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Song of the Lark is a contender for “Great American Novel.”
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I read this a few months ago and marvelled at what a great writer and storyteller she was How she captured so well atmosphere, place, time, and built unique and entrancing characters. This story travelled from Southwest to Chicago to New York as well as Europe convincingly.
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Carson McCullers deserves to be mentioned alongside these names too.
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Rarely? Except in any American Lit course in America. Every 20th century US lit course I ever took held her over him, rightly, IMO.
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I remember being taught “My Antonia” in tenth grade and thinking it dull cause our teacher made it so. Reread it this January and it brought me to tears
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I have her novel collection from Library of America. It’s been sitting on my shelf since the start of the pandemic. I think I’ll have to give it a read ASAP.
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