Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty: Thirteen Essaysedited by Peggy W. PrenshawThis collection of essays about the writings of Eudora Welty a southern writer in the grand tradition of American literature reflects the range of Welty criticism. Themes forms and stylistic features in her work are given careful consideration by some of the most notable of Welty scholars: Chester E. Eisinger John A. Allen J. A. Bryant Jr. John Edward Hardy Albert J. Devlin Warren French Julia L. Demmin and Daniel Curley Daniele Pitavy-Souques Robert B. Heilman Seymour L. Gross Barbara McKenzie Michael Kreyling and Ruth M. Vande Kieft. The essays included in this volume were selected from the 1979 publication Eudora Welty: Critical Essays also edited by Peggy W. Prenshaw. Eudora Welty: Thirteen Essays retains the breadth of subject and approach that marked the earlier volume.Dr. Peggy W. Prenshaw is currently the Millsaps College Humanities Scholar in Residence. She recently retired from the Fred C. Frey Chair in Southern Studies at Louisiana State University. She has published widely on southern women writers including Eudora Welty and Elizabeth Spencer.