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A Journey Inward : Initiation in Katherine Anne Porter's Miranda Stories
<p>Tracing the initiation motif in Katharine Anne Porter's "Miranda stories" uncovers her maturing protagonist's search for order and personal truth. Miranda's inward journey ultimately leads not to nihilism and despair, as some critics suggest, but to an honest and courageous affirmation of the …
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The canon of memory and rhetoric as a way of knowing in selected Miranda stories of Katherine Anne Porter
As Katherine Anne Porter notes in many of her essays and interviews, memory informs her fiction to such an extent that it becomes a controlling metaphor. Although numerous critics point to Porter's use of memory and its importance in her fiction, they acknowledge her usage of memory as a creative …
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Reordering The Old Order : a woman's response to Porter's Miranda stories.
In Katherine Anne Porter's collection of short stories The Old Order, a young female character, Miranda, progresses through steps of maturity and self-realization. This same character appears in many of Porter's later works as a more mature woman. Because Miranda has played a central role in many …
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An Examination of Setting in Six Selected Short Novels of Katherine Anne Porter
<p>This study will examine various aspects of Katherine Anne Porter's use of setting in six selected short novels.</p>