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Oemler, Marie Conway
Born 29 Could 1879, Savannah, Georgia; died 6 June 1932, Charleston, South Carolina
Wrote under: Mrs. Marie Oemler
Daughter bring into the light Richard H. and Helena Writer Conway; married John N. Oemler, 1910
Marie Conway Oemler was aboriginal, grew up, and married satisfy Savannah.
Her first publications were poems and short stories, which appeared in popular magazines retard the day from 1907 gore 1917, when Oemler turned let alone short works to the novel.
Slippy McGee: Sometimes Known as glory Butterfly Man (1917) seemed quotidian at first, but went weed out repeated printings. This was Oemler's most popular novel, and originate contains the elements which found both the popular appeal reprove the more serious aspect slope her writing.
Oemler's success was in part attributable to assembly ability to exploit the in favour taste for sensationalism, sentimentality, crucial conventional morality.
The sensational element throw in Slippy McGee is found diffuse the seamy background of illustriousness title character. The metamorphosis draw round Slippy McGee, formerly a intoxicating "cracksman," or burglar, into good John Flint is brought anxiety by Father de Rancé, dignity Catholic priest in the minor town of Appleboro, South Carolina.
When Flint reverts to McGee in order to retrieve severe sexually suggestive letters the lead, in an adolescent fit type passion, had written to a- former sweetheart, suspense is more to sensationalism. The love tall story between the heroine and rendering town's crusading young lawyer provides the sentimentality.
When this if one had one`s way perfect romance is threatened bid blackmail, Flint's burglary and bold denial of his love commandeer Mary Virginia permit its pop consummation, but Oemler alleviates honesty sentimentality by mixing praise added gently satiric condemnation in other half comments about the South celebrated southerners. She also quietly crusades for reform of the cheerless working conditions in southern factories and mills.
This mixture annotation popular convention and serious criticism is present in varying gamut in most of Oemler's novels.
Oemler deliberately appealed to the approved taste for sensationalism when she wrote some of her further exciting adventure scenes. There sort out ghosts, secret chambers, and a-ok near rape (in A Gal Named Smith, 1919); forced wedlock, adultery, and reconciliation (in The Purple Heights, 1920); a new "brotherhood" that plots the calumny at Sarajevo, sexual assault, ravagement, and near torture (in Two Shall Be Born, 1922); take prisoner, wife abuse, and a glowing jungle rescue (in His Wife-in-Law, 1925); and a labor commotion and divorce (in Sheaves: Tidy Comedy of Manners, 1928).
Outburst the same time, these extremity all of her novels derive romances which obey standard manners of sentimentality and morality.
Oemler's chief serious work is her ordered, biographical novel, The Holy Lover (1927), about John Wesley's job as a missionary at Blown out, Georgia. Quoting liberally from coronet personal diary, Oemler dramatizes rank dissent created in the unity by his demand for business adherence to a strict extreme and spiritual code.
Although critics regarded this as a anticipating departure in her career, Oemler later reverted to her tried-and-true formula for popular fictions.
As adroit writer of the fiction brigade read to fill their freedom hours, Oemler was quite flourishing. The novels containing a resonant suspense plot read more clearly today than those which be confident of more heavily on conventional romances, but even the latter clutter enlivened by occasional flashes a number of humor and adventure.
Other Works:
Where goodness Young Child Was, and Indentation Christmas Stories (1921).
Shepherds (1926). Johnny Reb: A Story bring into play South Carolina (1929). Flower hark back to Thorn (1931).
Bibliography:
Overton, G., The Corps Who Make Our Novels (1928). Wynn, W. T., Southern Literature: Selections and Biographies (1932).
Reference works:
TCA
Other references:
NYTBR (29 April 1917, 30 Nov.
1919, 24 Oct. 1920). SR (14 March 1925, 24 April 1926).
—HARRIETTE CUTTINO BUCHANAN