Eudora Welty (Mod Crit Views) (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) [Hardcover]

William Golding (Author), Harold Bloom (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1986 | ISBN-10: 0877547181 | ISBN-13: 978-0877547181 | Edition: 1St Edition

Eudora Welty's naturalism -- enhanced by her superb ear for dialogue -- invites comparison to Faulkner and Hemmingway. This volume looks at her work, including examinations of Delta Wedding, The Robber Bridegroom, and A Curtain of Green.

This title, Eudora Welty, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Eudora Welty through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Eudora Welty, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

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

Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Review

"This is another book in a wonderful series." -- Birdville, Texas, Independent School District --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 183 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications; 1St Edition edition (June 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877547181
• ISBN-13: 978-0877547181
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,730,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Careless Scholarship, February 12, 2001

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Ruth D. Weston (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eudora Welty (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers) (Library Binding)

The idea for this collection of excerpts is commendable, as an introduction to Welty for, perhaps, high school students; but a hardback at this price is too costly for that purpose, and the scholarship is too flawed for any use. Even a quick glance reveals (1) outdated information about the Welty scholars quoted and (2) errors in the bibliography. Ruth VandeKieft (not "Kieft") is deceased, Pollack is not at Sweetbriar, Prenshaw is no longer at Southern Mississippi, nor I at Oral Roberts University. Barbara Fialkowski did not write A Still Moment but, rather, one essay in it. This collection of excerpts looks as if it were put together quickly not by Bloom, who should know better, but by someone who does not know Welty or Welty criticism. Although my own book, excerpted in the text, is not listed in "Books About Welty," ten that are listed are general works I consulted but that are not themselves about Welty at all (including Frank, Kestner, Frye, Kayser, Fleenor, Gilligan, Weisenfarth). If the editor had consulted the excerpted authors, this could have been a better book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I Did Not Review THIS Book, February 19, 2001

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Ruth D. Weston (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eudora Welty (Mod Crit Views) (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) (Hardcover)

I reviewed Bloom's 1999 Research Guide on Welty, not this 1986 Critical Views on Welty.