<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Pulitzer-prize writer, Katherine Anne Porter, dedicates a great part of her work to the Southern history. Through Miranda’s memories, this writer questions some of the major Southern myths – the Southern belle, the Southern family. This paper aims to highlight the moulding of a feminine voice of the South, whose identity is torn between the Old and the New Order.</p></abstract>

The Pulitzer-prize writer, Katherine Anne Porter, dedicates a great part of her work to the Southern history. Through Miranda’s memories, this writer questions some of the major Southern myths – the Southern belle, the Southern family. This paper aims to highlight the moulding of a feminine voice of the South, whose identity is torn between the Old and the New Order.

Strings of Life: Memory as Myth in Porter’s Miranda Stories

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The Pulitzer-prize writer, Katherine Anne Porter, dedicates a great part of her work to the Southern history. Through Miranda’s memories, this writer questions...

Strings of Life: Memory as Myth in Porter’s Miranda Stories

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 53 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0008

Keywords
feminine voice of the South, mythical past, Old Order – New Order, reality-myth-”blind” memories, Southern belle

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Strings of Life: Memory as Myth in Porter’s Miranda Stories

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 53 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0008

Keywordsfeminine voice of the South, mythical past, Old Order – New Order, reality-myth-”blind” memories, Southern belle

© 2016 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
feminine voice of the South, mythical past, Old Order – New Order, reality-myth-”blind” memories, Southern belle