A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty
A Southern, Nonfiction, Literature book. Very basic and informative biography, and filled with cute pictures!
Mississippi author Eudora Welty, the first living writer to be published in the Library of America series, mentored many of today s greatest fiction writers and is a fascinating woman, having lived the majority of the twentieth century (1909 2001). Her life reflects a century of change and is closely entwined with many events that mark our recent history. This biography follows this twentieth-century path while telling Welty s story, beginning with her parents and their important influence on her reading and writing life. The chapters that follow focus on her education and her most important teachers; her life during the Depression and how her career, just getting started, is interrupted by World War II; and how she shows independence and courage through her writing during the turbulent...
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- Pages: 144 pages
- ISBN: 9781617032950 / 0
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A very quick intro to Eudora Welty and some of her writings. It makes me want to read some of her short stories and of course "The Optimist's Daughter," as well as to visit her home on Pinehurst St in Jackson, MS. Very basic and informative biography, and filled with cute pictures! A very solid biography to read through and catch a few glimpses into Welty's fascinating life. Definitely held my interest.
