Bibliograph

A garden of earthly delights, Joyce Carol Oates ; introduction by Elaine Showalter ; afterword by Joyce Carol Oates

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Label

A garden of earthly delights, Joyce Carol Oates ; introduction by Elaine Showalter ; afterword by Joyce Carol Oates

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

A garden of earthly delights

Responsibility statement

Joyce Carol Oates ; introduction by Elaine Showalter ; afterword by Joyce Carol Oates

Series statement

Garden of earthly delights, 1

Summary

In her second novel, Joyce Carol Oates created one of her most memorable heroines, Clara, the beautiful daughter of migrant farmworkers. Intent upon rising above her haphazard life of violence and poverty, Clara struggles for independence while relying on four men to fashion her destiny: her father, a hardened laborer simmering with resentment; Lowry, who rescues the teenage Clara from her family and offers her a first glimpse of love; Revere, the wealthy married man who promises Clara stability; and Swan, Clara's son, who bears the burden of his mother's mistaken identity

Target audience

adult

Contributor