| The Critical Response to Eudora Welty's Fiction Contributor(s): Champion, Laurie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0313285969 ISBN-13: 9780313285967 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $82.17 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1994 Annotation: Eudora Welty holds a prominent position among Southern writers, receiving critical attention in publications that scan a wide range of interests. Journals that specialize in American literature, journals that publish general essays, and journals that focus on Southern literature frequently include articles about her works. Her writings have been included in anthologies and have been adapted for the stage and television. This book traces the evolving critical response to her fiction. In a lucid introductory essay, Champion presents an overview and summarizes the body of criticism on Welty's fiction. The rest of the volume presents representative selections of criticism from the initial reception of Welty's work to the present day. The selections are grouped in chapters devoted to Welty's principal writings. Her fiction is treated chronologically, and the selections within each chapter are also arranged in chronological order. Thus the book charts the development of Welty criticism over an extended period of time. A bibliography of works for further reading completes the volume. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| LCCN: 93043709 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Series: Critical Responses in Arts and Letters |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.64 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eudora Welty holds a prominent position among Southern writers, receiving critical attention in publications that scan a wide range of interests. Journals that specialize in American literature, journals that publish general essays, and journals that focus on Southern literature frequently include articles about her works. Her writings have been included in anthologies and have been adapted for the stage and television. This book traces the evolving critical response to her fiction. In a lucid introductory essay, Champion presents an overview and summarizes the body of criticism on Welty's fiction. The rest of the volume presents representative selections of criticism from the initial reception of Welty's work to the present day. The selections are grouped in chapters devoted to Welty's principal writings. Her fiction is treated chronologically, and the selections within each chapter are also arranged in chronological order. Thus the book charts the development of Welty criticism over an extended period of time. A bibliography of works for further reading completes the volume. |