Natural Sanctuaries:

The Influence of Southern Place on Female Writers

This thesis examines the Southern literary renaissance and the women writers of that era. By discussing these writers and their penchant for writing about Place, specifically in the South, it is clear that there is a connection between femininity, land, and narrative. In light of the fascination that the media has with Southern culture and the amount of Southern narratives being written, women need to reclaim their role as primary storytellers of Southern narratives.

keywords: Southern women writers, matriarch, Mississippi, Place, Southern narratives, contemporary Southern writers