Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1992. / Title from title page screen, viewed January 19, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Ronald Fortune (chair), Janice Neuleib, Robin Carr, Lucia Getsi, Taimi Ranta, Ray Lewis White. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 261-275) and abstract. Also available in print.

"The purpose of this paper is to present the life and works of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings by writing her biography with a summary of her contributions to the field of regional literature. The writer of this paper, a native Floridian, developed an interest in Mrs. Rawlings and her works because of Mrs. Rawlings's importance as a Florida novelist and the local settings of her novels and short stories. He has attempted to present an overall picture of the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in relation to her literary works dealing basically with her novels and short stories"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1954." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Agnes Gregory, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-43).