Synopses & Reviews
Eudora Welty's works are treasures of American literature. When her first short-story collection was published in 1941, it heralded the arrival of a genuinely original writer who over the decades wrote hugely popular novels, novellas, essays, and a memoir, One Writer's Beginnings, that became a national bestseller. By the end of her life, Welty (who died in 2001) had been given nearly every literary award there was and was all but shrouded in admiration.
In this definitive and authoritative account, Suzanne Marrs restores Welty's story to human proportions, tracing Welty's life from her roots in Jackson, Mississippi, to her rise to international stature. Making generous use of Welty's correspondence-particularly with contemporaries and admirers, including Katherine Anne Porter, E. M. Forster, and Elizabeth Bowen-Marrs has provided a fitting and fascinating tribute to one of the finest writers of the twentieth century.
Review
PRAISE FOR ONE WRITER'S IMAGINATION
"Suzanne Marrs knows more about Eudora Welty than anyone else, and here she serves up a generous portion of her knowledge. In Marrs's clear-eyed gaze,Welty only goes on growing as a woman, a writer, a human being; and what Marrs sees is convincing."
-REYNOLDS PRICE
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PRAISE FOR
EUDORA WELTY "Suzanne Marrs has written an admirable, engrossing and gently gripping biography fully worthy of its remarkable subject."--
Los Angeles Times Book Review "Ms. Marrs embraces Welty's own largely joyous take on her life even while probing its difficulties and disappointments."--The Wall Street Journal
Synopsis
In this definitive account, Suzanne Marrs restores Eudora Welty's life story to human proportions, tracing Welty's history from her roots in Jackson, Mississippi, to her rise to international stature. Making generous use of Welty's correspondence, Marrs has provided a fitting and fascinating tribute to one of the finest writers of the 20th century.
About the Author
SUZANNE MARRS is the author of Eudora Welty: A Biography andandnbsp;One Writer's Imagination: The Fiction of Eudora Welty; the editor of Whatandnbsp;There Is to Say We Have Said: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell; and a recipient of the Phoenix Award for Distinguished Welty Scholarship. She is a professor of English at Millsaps College.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Shelter and Beyond 1909-1931
2. Self-Discovery 1931-1941
3. "Being Apart from What Matters" World War II and the Home Front, 1941-1945
4. "Love First and then Separateness" 1945-1951
5. Finding a Way Out 1951-1956
6. Losing Battles 1957-1966
7. Defending Against Time 1966-1973
8. "The Strong Present Tense" On and Off the Road 1974-1980
9. "Ceaselessly Into the Past" Self-Portraits 1980-1984
10. "The Lonesomeness and Hilarity of Survival" 1984-1991
11. "Old Age Hath Yet Her Honor and Her Toil" 1991-2001
Acknowledgments
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Permissions acknowledgments
Index