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OverviewWinifred Sanford is generally regarded by critics as one of the best and most important early twentieth-century Texas women writers, despite publishing only a handful of short stories before slipping into relative obscurity. First championed by her mentor, H. L. Mencken, and published in his magazine, The American Mercury, many of Sanford's stories were set during the Texas oil boom of the 1920s and 1930s and offer a unique perspective on life in the boomtowns during that period. Four of her stories were included in The Best American Short Stories of 1926. Questioning the sudden end to Sanford's writing career, Wiesepape, a leading literary historian of Texas women writers, delved into the author's previously unexamined private papers and emerged with an insightful and revealing study that sheds light on both Sanford's abbreviated career and the domestic lives of women at the time. The first in-depth account of Sanford's life and work, Wiesepape's biography discusses Sanford's fiction through the lens of the sociohistorical contexts that shaped and inspired it. In addition, Wiesepape has included two previously unpublished stories as well as eighteen previously unpublished letters to Sanford from Mencken. Winifred Sanford is an illuminating biography of one of the state's unsung literary jewels and an important and much-needed addition to the often overlooked field of Texas women's writing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Betty Holland WiesepapePublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781477328002ISBN 10: 1477328009 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 05 September 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsWiesepape's methodology in bridging Sanford's private and public life proves to be highly effective, as she leaves few gaps in Sanford's life unaccounted for.-- Great Plains Quarterly (5/1/2014 12:00:00 AM) Winifred Sanford: The Life and Times of a Texas Writer is a well-researched and thorough account of Sanford's life...If you are part of the ever-growing community of scholars who can't help but puzzle over the shortage of women writers, especially Texas women writers, then this biography may be for you.-- Texas Books in Review (4/15/2013 12:00:00 AM) Author InformationA native Texan, Betty Holland Wiesepape taught creative writing and literature at the University of Texas at Dallas for twenty years, retiring in 2020. She is the author of Lone Star Chapters: The Story of Texas Literary Clubs, and contributed the title story to Let’s Hear It: Stories by Texas Women Writers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |