The Erasure of Grace : Reconnecting Peyton Place to its Author

Creadick, Anna G.

Critical article on the connection between the public reception of the 1950s breakout novel, "Peyton Place," and the attitudes and public persona of its author, Grace Metalious. How Metalious' life might be read in the depictions and trials of her novel's female characters. How the fictional town of Peyton Place - based on Metalious' New Hampshire home - resonated with readers across the United States.

2009-12

en

Journal Article

1950s

New Hampshire

0027-1276

Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature

42

4

165-180