The protean Ivy in Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies.(Critical Essay) Posted: Apr 21, 2008 13:20:09
... absence is necessary to Ivy's self-exploration (46-47). Ivy often writes to convey information. Also, as her letters ... about what's happened and what I've done (245). Addressing Ivy's need to know herself, Dorothy Combs Hill suggests that ... addresses this problem for Smith's characters, specifically for ...