LEADER 03946nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910786148603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-74297-5 024 7 $a10.7560/742963 035 $a(CKB)2670000000331172 035 $a(EBL)3443651 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000857804 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11455625 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000857804 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10867642 035 $a(PQKB)10313670 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443651 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10656992 035 $a(OCoLC)932314312 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443651 035 $a(DE-B1597)587456 035 $a(OCoLC)1280945503 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292742970 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000331172 100 $a20120309d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWinifred Sanford$b[electronic resource] $ethe life and times of a Texas writer /$fBetty Holland Wiesepape 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aSouthwestern Writers Collection series : the Wittliff collections at Texas State University-San Marcos 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-74296-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [164]-186) and index. 327 $aThe story begins -- A wonderful time -- Keeping house -- Difficult adjustments -- The American Mercury adventure -- Plans, pressures, and expectations -- Unexpected interruptions -- Pieces of the puzzle -- One story ends and another begins -- Conclusion -- A list of Winifred Sanford's publications -- A list of stories and novels that Winifred Sanford wrote but never published -- Appendix A: Letters exchanged between Winifred Sanford and the editors of the American Mercury -- Appendix B: Lagniappe: two unpublished stories by Winifred Sanford -- Appendix C: two nonfiction articles for writers. 330 $aWinifred Sanford is generally regarded by critics as one of the best and most important early twentieth-century Texas women writers, despite publishing only a handful of short stories before slipping into relative obscurity. First championed by her mentor, H. L. Mencken, and published in his magazine, The American Mercury, many of Sanford?s stories were set during the Texas oil boom of the 1920s and 1930s and offer a unique perspective on life in the boomtowns during that period. Four of her stories were listed in The Best American Short Stories of 1926. Questioning the sudden end to Sanford?s writing career, Wiesepape, a leading literary historian of Texas women writers, delved into the author?s previously unexamined private papers and emerged with an insightful and revealing study that sheds light on both Sanford?s abbreviated career and the domestic lives of women at the time. The first in-depth account of Sanford?s life and work, Wiesepape?s biography discusses Sanford?s fiction through the sociohistorical contexts that shaped and inspired it. In addition, Wiesepape has included two previously unpublished stories as well as eighteen previously unpublished letters to Sanford from Mencken. Winifred Sanford is an illuminating biography of one of the state?s unsung literary jewels and an important and much-needed addition to the often overlooked field of Texas women?s writing. 410 0$aSouthwestern Writers Collection series. 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, American$zTexas 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aAuthors, American 676 $a813/.52 676 $aB 700 $aWiesepape$b Betty Holland$01492760 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786148603321 996 $aWinifred Sanford$93715417 997 $aUNINA