Theme of Life and Death in Katherine Anne Porter’s “Holiday”
Journal Title: Notions A Journal of English Literature - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
Katherine Anne Porter contributed memorable stories to American literature for over half a century. A Southerner and a contemporary of Fitzgerald and Hemingway the amount of her published writings are very small though her reputation is considerable. The Saturday Review has positioned her in the legacy of Hawthorne, Flaubert, and James as an artist and story-teller. Her fiction has been marked for its elegance, beauty, brilliance and accuracy. Most of the critics acknowledge about the supremacy of Porter’s literary style. They adore the effectiveness of her sarcasm, the precision of her language, and the economy of her structure.
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S. Jothimani, Dr. P. Dinakaran
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