This volume examines the powerful impact that spirituality and sexuality have had on the novels of Lee Smith. The author addresses the conflicting roles that these two impulses play, often working in direct opposition on the development of Lee's protagonists. In doing so we are shown the development of Lee's creative impulses and how they build towards an eventual unity of these seemingly disparate forces in the lives of her heroines.
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This volume examines the powerful impact that spirituality and sexuality have had on the novels of Lee Smith. The author addresses the conflicting roles that these two impulses play, often working in direct opposition on the development of Lee's protagonists. In doing so we are shown the development of Lee's creative impulses and how they build towards an eventual unity of these seemingly disparate forces in the lives of her heroines.
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