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Sto caricando le informazioni... Eudora Welty: A Writer's Life (1998)di Ann Waldron
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"This first biography of Eudora Welty makes a significant contribution to the world of letters as a chronicle of the life and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, a woman of paramount importance in the American literary canon. From a Mississippi childhood to a brief editorial career in New York, from the sale of her first short story to her beloved and bestselling memoir - One Writer's Beginnings, which she wrote at age seventy-five - this biography charts the details and moments that contributed to the development of Welty's unique vision and unforgettable voice. Here, too, are her literary influences, including her correspondence and meeting with the great man Faulkner, the invaluable friendships with Katherine Anne Porter and Elizabeth Bowen, the rivalry with Carson McCullers, and the small circle of lifelong confidants to whom Eudora entrusted her work: agent Diarmuid Russell, editor Mary Lou Aswell, and Robert Penn Warren. Ann Waldron brings together the details and moments of Welty's life, and shows how this writer's sensibility is formed and informed above all by a sense of place and purpose."--Jacket. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Annoyance at the biographer aside, Welty's life and work is quite fascinating; which is the only reason this book received two stars. Though I find that I couldn't care less, unlike the biographer, who she flirted with or fell for and what said person(s)' sexual orientation was. (Why is this such a repetitive refrain in this book? Sure, healthy conjecture can be interesting, but repeated conjecture is hardly rewarding.) So, the effort spent reading this isn't for nothing... but it's definitely a bit of an effort all the same. ( )