Eudora Welty: The Contemporary Reviews (American Critical Archives, Series Number 15) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521653177 ISBN 13: 9780521653176

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty's writing and photography were the subject of more than one thousand reviews, of which over two hundred are collected here. From the first, reviewers loved Welty's language and disparaged her lack of plot. Their eager anticipation for the next book is rarely diminished by the shock of reading entirely different styles of writing. Her work was admired even as it challenged its readers. The reviews selected for reprinting here represent the diversity of Welty's reception and assessment. Reviews from small towns, urban centers, noted fiction writers, professional reviewers, academics, and everyday readers are included. The comments of reviewing rivals such as the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune, Nation and New Yorker, when read side by side, reveal the nuances both of the reviewers and of the work of this important Southern writer.

About this title

Book Description:

Eudora Welty's writing and photography were the subject of more than one thousand reviews, of which over two hundred are collected here. The reviews selected for reprinting here represent the diversity of Welty's reception and assessment and the nuances of Welty's much admired but challenging style.

About the Author:

Pearl McHaney is Assistant Professor of English at Georgia State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521653177
• ISBN 13: 9780521653176
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 422
• Editor: McHaney Pearl Amelia