Eudora Welty: Writers' Reflections Upon First Reading Welty

by Kaye Gibbons, Fred Chappell, Reynolds Price, et al.

Book Overview

A celebration of the legacy of the "first lady of American letters" from an impressive cast of writers, scholars, and friends of the author

On the occasion of Eudora Welty's ninetieth birthday in 1999, a pantheon of accomplished writers came together to offer their deeply personal tributes in honor of her importance as the "first lady of American letters." Many of these contributors have long friendships with Welty, while others have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570039364
• ISBN13: 9781570039362
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Appreciations

I thought about giving this four stars because as an offering it is slim, but then, Eudora Welty is a five star writer and these testimonies from others are first rate. There is a redemptive quality to Welty's writing. She is living disproof of the neurotic artist. Fred Chappell refers to her present dreadnought fame and adds that she was always admired by other writers. In reading "Why I live at the P.O." Tony Earley realized that people in literature spoke as he did. He believes the story has never lost its miraculous sheen. Welty was a teacher of Ellen Gilchrist. Eudora Welty is a dominant figure in American literature as she has pursued her examinations of illusions and delusions, prejudice and violence. Reynolds Price notes that he and Welty share a joy in having such unbounded worlds to watch. One writer remarks that there is mystery in her prose.