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Ellen Glasgow

エレン・グラスゴー

Eren Gurasugō

別名: Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1873-04-22 (Richmond, Virginia)
死没
1945-11-21 (Richmond, Virginia) 72歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Presbyterian
居住地歴
Richmond, Virginia → Louisa County, Virginia

経歴

職業
Novelist
活動期間
1897年〜1945年
所属
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia
影響を与えた人物
William Faulkner

学歴

Home education
General education
期間: 幼少期から青年期
国: United States
Received the equivalent of a high school degree

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
1942
対象作品: In This Our Life
主催: Columbia University
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

In This Our Life

1941年 Novel

A novel addressing injustices faced by Black people, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Race relationsWomen's rolesSocial injustice
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] In This Our Life / John Huston (1942)

Barren Ground

1925年 Novel

A heroine overcomes abandonment and succeeds in running her farm.

Female independenceNature vs. humanitySouthern society

The Battle-Ground

1902年 Novel

Realistic depiction of the South before and during the Civil War.

WarSouthern cultureClass

全著作

  • The Descendant
  • Phases of an Inferior Planet
  • The Voice of the People
  • The Battle-Ground
  • The Deliverance
  • The Wheel of Life
  • The Ancient Law
  • The Romance of a Plain Man
  • The Miller of Old Church
  • Virginia
  • Life and Gabriella
  • The Builders
  • One Man in His Time
  • Barren Ground
  • The Romantic Comedians
  • They Stooped to Folly
  • The Sheltered Life
  • Vein of Iron
  • In This Our Life

翻案

  • In This Our Life (film, 1942, dir. John Huston)

作風・主題

文体
RealismSouthern realismSatirePsychological depth
頻出モチーフ
Female independenceClass conflictsDisillusionment with romanceNervous invalidism

健康

  • Chronic heart disease
    生涯
    Led to home education
  • Nervous invalidism
    生涯
    Influenced her lifelong health and writing

評価・遺産

Pioneer of realism in Southern literature, Pulitzer winner, portrayed changing Southern society.

資料所蔵先

  • Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
  • Library of Virginia
  • George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

引用

  • She is of the South; but she is not by any manner of means provincial.
    出典: Time magazine (1923年)

豆知識

  • The Ellen Glasgow House is a National Historic Landmark.
  • Participated in the women's suffrage movement.