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In this novel, Glasgow felt she had successfully reversed the traditional seduction plot by producing a heroine completely freed from the southern patriarchal influence.
She believed that writing Barren Ground, a “ tragedy ,” also freed her for her comedies of manners The Romantic Comedians ( 1926 ), They Stooped to Folly ( 1929 ), and The Sheltered Life ( 1932 ).
These late works are considered the most artful criticism of romantic illusion in her career.

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