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Novelist, short-story writer, and photographer, Eudora Welty has come to typify the Southern writer. Many of her works focus on interpersonal relationships, and they acutely capture the dialect and feel of her Mississippi roots. Among her best-known works are the short stories "Why I Live at the P.O." (inspiration for the software email program, Eudora) and "The Petrified Man." Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. This freshly revised edition in Bloom's Modern Critical Views provides new perspective on this beloved American writer. Key critical analyses and solid study features combine to form a platform especially helpful for compare-and-contrast papers on Welty's work. Excerpted from Eudora Welty All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up-An examination of four of Welty's short stories: "Death of a Traveling Salesman," "Why I Live at the P.O.," "The Wide Net," and "No Place for You, My Love." For each, a summary is followed by an annotated list of characters and extracts from five or six authoritative critical sources analyzing different aspects of the story or the author's themes. The book begins with a two-page biography of Welty and concludes with lists of works by and about her as well as a helpful "Index of Themes and Ideas."-Kathleen A. Nester, Downingtown High Ninth Grade Center, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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813'.54 Malamud, Bernard Criticism and interpretation Addresses, essays, lectures / American literature History and criticism [CIP] 85-26893 Eudora Welty. Ed. and with an introd. by Harold Bloom. (Modern critical views) 1986. 183p. Chelsea House, $19.95 (0-87754-718-1) ~ 813'.52 Welty, Eudora Criticism and interpretation Addresses, essays, lectures [CIP] 86-2582 Mark Twain. Ed. and with an introd. by Harold Bloom. (Modern critical views) 1986. 239p. Chelsea House, $19.95 (0-87754-698-3) ~ 818'.409 Twain, Mark Criticism and interpretation Addresses, essays, lectures [CIP] 86-2577 Zora Neale Hurston. Ed. and with an introd. by Harold Bloom. (Modern critical views) 1986. 192p. Chelsea House, $19.95 (0-87754-627-4) ~ 813'.52 Hurston, Zora Neale Criticism and interpretation Addresses, essays, lectures [CIP] 85-30960 These four titles represent only the tip of the iceberg in Chelsea House's massive new library of literary criticism. The 129 volumes that currently make up the Modern Critical Views series (more are forthcoming) encompass the full range of world literature, from Homer to John Ashbery. (Twentieth-century Americans receive the most thorough coverage, with 46 volumes so far.) Each title in the series features an introduction by the indefatigable Harold Bloom, who effectively places the writer in context and sets the stage for the essays (usually around 20) that follow. Originally published either in periodicals or as chapters from other books, the essays run the gamut from overview (``The Art of Eudora Welty,'' by Joyce Carol Oates) to explication of individual works (``The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: A Nightmare Vision of American Boyhood,'' by Cynthia Griffin Wolff). Giants of literary criticism (F. R. Leavis, J. Hillis Miller, Alfred Kazin, etc.) appear throughout the set, along with a smattering of lesser-known academics. Overall, the tone and level of scholarship are suitable for general readers, though an occasional essay (``The Limits of Semiotics in Huckleberry Finn'') should never have been allowed off campus. Each volume has a bibliography, chronology, and index. Because the demand for literary criticism in public libraries varies greatly, the decision to pick and choose among the 129 or buy the whole series will depend on local circumstances. Individual volumes are priced at either $19.95, $24.50, or $27.95; standing order plans are available from the publisher. BO.