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4. "A Kind of Quest": Mary McCarthy's Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
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Dana A. Heller
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- 1. Introduction: The Feminization of Quest-Romance 1
- 2. Remaking Psyche 22
- 3. Remembering Molly: Jean Stafford's The Mountain Lion 40
- 4. "A Kind of Quest": Mary McCarthy's Memories of a Catholic Girlhood 56
- 5. "The Spark from the Outside World": Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi 76
- 6. "Happily at Ease in the Dark": Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping 93
- 7. Shifting Gears: Mona Simpson's Anywhere But Here 105
- 8. Conclusion: Radical Departures 119
- Notes 125
- Bibliography 133
- Index 139
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- 1. Introduction: The Feminization of Quest-Romance 1
- 2. Remaking Psyche 22
- 3. Remembering Molly: Jean Stafford's The Mountain Lion 40
- 4. "A Kind of Quest": Mary McCarthy's Memories of a Catholic Girlhood 56
- 5. "The Spark from the Outside World": Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi 76
- 6. "Happily at Ease in the Dark": Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping 93
- 7. Shifting Gears: Mona Simpson's Anywhere But Here 105
- 8. Conclusion: Radical Departures 119
- Notes 125
- Bibliography 133
- Index 139
