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Aspects of absence in selected works of Eudora Welty
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Aspects of absence in selected works of Eudora Welty.
Creator
Unks, Ruth Richwalls., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description
Eudora Welty's works display multiple ways of handling absence. Absences leading to despair are evident in the characters of R. J. Bowman in "Death of a Traveling Salesman," Howard in "Flowers for Marjorie," and Jason and Sara Morton in "The Whistle." They cannot face the absence of a personal relationship, the absence of hope, the absence of a future. Absences causing a stagnation or fear of changing a status quo appear for Ruby Fisher and her husband in "A Piece of News": they live only in...
Show moreEudora Welty's works display multiple ways of handling absence. Absences leading to despair are evident in the characters of R. J. Bowman in "Death of a Traveling Salesman," Howard in "Flowers for Marjorie," and Jason and Sara Morton in "The Whistle." They cannot face the absence of a personal relationship, the absence of hope, the absence of a future. Absences causing a stagnation or fear of changing a status quo appear for Ruby Fisher and her husband in "A Piece of News": they live only in the present out of fear of facing the absence of closeness in their marriage, and Ellie Morgan in "The Key" cannot look into her relationship with husband Albert or project into the future. Unlike Ruby and Ellie, Mrs. Larkin in "A Curtain of Green," "Livvie," and William Wallace in "The Wide Net," realize the absences in their lives, reject stagnation, and adopt a positive attitude for future development. Losing Battles incorporates all three aspects of handling absences--despair, status quo, and recognition for growth--in the characters of Julia Mortimer, Beulah Renfro, and Gloria Short.
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Date Issued
1991
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14684
Subject Headings
Welty, Eudora,--1909---Criticism and interpretation
Format
Document (PDF)
KIN RELATIONSHIPS IN THREE NOVELS BY EUDORA WELTY
Title
KIN RELATIONSHIPS IN THREE NOVELS BY EUDORA WELTY.
Creator
DRAG, SUSAN MCMURRAY., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
Abstract/Description
Eudora Welty portrays the family as the most redeeming force in Souttern culture. Her novels Delta Wedding and Losing Battles describe the family's functions of socialization and mutual aid. Both novels demonstrate how loyalty to family and pride in family heritage strengthen the individual. In The Optimist's Daughter, family love is able to transform bitterness into compassion and misunderstanding into knowledge. It is sufficient to sustain the individual through grief, loneliness, and...
Show moreEudora Welty portrays the family as the most redeeming force in Souttern culture. Her novels Delta Wedding and Losing Battles describe the family's functions of socialization and mutual aid. Both novels demonstrate how loyalty to family and pride in family heritage strengthen the individual. In The Optimist's Daughter, family love is able to transform bitterness into compassion and misunderstanding into knowledge. It is sufficient to sustain the individual through grief, loneliness, and regret. Eudora Welty presents the enduring and cohesive family as the most powerful influence on individual lives.
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Date Issued
1978
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13914
Subject Headings
Welty, Eudora,--1909---Criticism and interpretation, Family in literature
Format
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Eudora Welty's mothers and daughters
Title
Eudora Welty's mothers and daughters.
Creator
McLane, Helen Rene., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description
In Eudora Welty's works, the importance of the mother-daughter relationship lies in its ability to expand the reader's understanding of the individual's search for enlightenment. As a wanderer acts and reacts to people and events, she is most often influenced by her mother, or mother-like figures, and other pairs around her. Welty's bonded women represent the historical, religious, psychological, and sociological studies of this interwoven human relationship; her characters are subtly crafted...
Show moreIn Eudora Welty's works, the importance of the mother-daughter relationship lies in its ability to expand the reader's understanding of the individual's search for enlightenment. As a wanderer acts and reacts to people and events, she is most often influenced by her mother, or mother-like figures, and other pairs around her. Welty's bonded women represent the historical, religious, psychological, and sociological studies of this interwoven human relationship; her characters are subtly crafted to develop a myriad of close and, at the same time, distant bonds. Welty emphasizes the mothers and daughters of Losing Battles, Delta Wedding, and The Optimist's Daughter though Virgie of The Golden Apples represents the strongest point for the conclusion that the mother-daughter relationship supports and enhances Welty's works.
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Date Issued
1989
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14506
Subject Headings
Welty, Eudora,--1909---Criticism and interpretation, Mothers and daughters, Women in literature
Format
Document (PDF)