{"product_id":"the-uncollected-writings-of-marjorie-marjorie-kinnan-rawlings-9780813081472","title":"The Uncollected Writings of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of literary work that shows the artistic development of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom her \u003cbr\u003efirst poems and stories to her finely crafted essays as a newspaper and \u003cbr\u003efeature writer to the gathering brilliance that began at the outset of \u003cbr\u003eher Florida Period, highlighted by the Pulitzer Prize for \u003cem\u003eThe Yearling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e in 1939, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings became, in the words of Margaret \u003cbr\u003eMitchell, America's \"born perfect storyteller.\" Arguing that Rawlings \u003cbr\u003ehas been underestimated and underappreciated as a great American writer, \u003cbr\u003e Rodger Tarr and Brent Kinser present Rawlings's emergence and \u003cbr\u003ematuration as an artist. This collection brings together for the first \u003cbr\u003etime the work that contributed to her once stellar position as a hero of\u003cbr\u003e American letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRawlings's childhood publications in the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and McCall's magazine reveal a budding Romantic if not an emerging \u003cbr\u003eTranscendentalist determined to pursue humanity's relationship with \u003cbr\u003enature. As a young storyteller Rawlings had a compelling interest in \u003cbr\u003efairytales, marked by a sense of the comedic and the sentimental, and \u003cbr\u003ealways the moral. Many of her early stories and poems, especially those \u003cbr\u003ewritten while she was a student at the University of Wisconsin, also \u003cbr\u003ereflect her developing feminist spirit, an interest that she continued \u003cbr\u003eto pursue as a feature writer for newspapers in Louisville, Kentucky, \u003cbr\u003eand Rochester, New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike many writers, Rawlings was \u003cbr\u003eself-critical. She was particularly aware of writing as a discipline and\u003cbr\u003e as an adult was prone to dismiss her early work as overly wrought. \u003cbr\u003eHowever, as her mature work demonstrates, she owed a great deal to the \u003cbr\u003eskills learned in her development as an artist. Rawlings knew that \u003cbr\u003esuccessful writing owed less to inspiration than to hard work, a lesson \u003cbr\u003eshe experienced repeatedly during the writing of her stories and novels \u003cbr\u003eunder the guiding hand of her celebrated editor Maxwell E. Perkins. This\u003cbr\u003e collection of early work, college writing, newspaper pieces, and \u003cbr\u003estories of life in Florida is an intimate glimpse at an important writer\u003cbr\u003e mastering her craft. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813081475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813081472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424947749119,"sku":"9780813081472","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbfdb555-e64f-4e62-a8c2-7670d8c7985d.jpg?v=1761535962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-uncollected-writings-of-marjorie-marjorie-kinnan-rawlings-9780813081472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}