Green, Anne
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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Green, Anne (1899–1979), Georgia‐born author, like her brother Julien (originally Julian) Green lived most of her life in France, which is the background of her novels. These include
The Selbys (1930),
Reader, I Married Him (1931),
Marietta (1932),
Fools Rush In (1934),
That Fellow Perceval (1935),
16 Rue Cortambert (1937), and
Just Before Dawn (1943), mostly light, satirical stories of expatriates from the Southern states.
A Marriage of Convenience (1933) is a humorous treatment of changing French standards;
Paris (1938) is a character study of a French business woman;
The Silent Duchess (1939) is set in 18th‐century France;
The Delamer Curse (1940) tells of the exorcising of a curse laid on a Franco‐American family;
The Lady in the Mask (1942) is a historical novel of Renaissance Milan; and
The Old Lady (1947) brings a French woman to the U.S. She also published fiction in French, e.g.
Le Goret (1954), stories, and
La Porte des Songes (1969),
With Much Love (1948) recalls her childhood in France.
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Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Towneley plays, see under mystery plays .
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Towneley Plays
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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mystery plays
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Man of Mode, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Wakefield Plays
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Wakefield Plays see Towneley Plays ; miracle plays .
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