Eudora Welty's Aesthetics of Place

by Jan Nordby Gretlund

Book Overview

A widely acclaimed appraisal of Welty's famed "sense of place"

In this study of the particular place from which Eudora Welty's writing arises, Jan Nordby Gretlund argues for the importance of considering the historical and cultural background for Welty's literary achievement. Contending that her writing represents the South's collective experience from the Depression to the present, he demonstrates that Welty's realistic fiction reveals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570031959
• ISBN13: 9781570031953
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"