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Incest, Roman Catholicism, and Joyce Carol Oates.

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Author(s): Smiley, Pamela
Source:
College Literature. Feb91, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p38. 12p.
Subject Terms:
*SHORT story (Literary form)

Additional Information
- Subject Terms:
  VIRGIN in the Rose Bower, The (Short story)
- Subject Terms:
  OATES, Joyce Carol, 1938-
- Abstract:
  Focuses on the women characters in the short story `The Virgin in the Rose-Bower; Or the Tragedy of Glen Mawr Manor,' by Joyce Carol Oates as products of their incestuous and Roman Catholic contexts. Profile of incest victims; Roman Catholic symbols in Oates' work.