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New York U. S. A.: Anchor Books Div of Random House. As New 1999. Softcover. Fresh prtg; no names, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. ; 8.6 x 6.2 x 1 inches; 398 pages; \nOnline Rev: "They'd have a hard time trying to find out something about me, " Eudora Welty once told an interviewer to explain her fierce aversion to biography. Ann Waldron, who has written well-received biographies of Southern novelist Caroline Gordon and editor Hodding Carter, discovered just how hard a time when she set out to write the first, and of course unauthorized, biography of this "sanctified, canonized, apotheosized" literary figure. But Waldron persisted to brilliant results: Eudora: A Writer's Life is not only a fully detailed portrait but a fair and balanced one. "Ugly to the point of being grotesque, " as a fellow Mississippian said of her, Welty, who was born in Jackson in 1909, always made her way by charm, wit, and an offbeat sense of humor. Though Waldron admits that few of Welty's friends would talk to her, she nonetheless tracked down amazing amounts of new material on her personal life--her tense, guilt-ridden relationship with her widowed mother; her sustaining friendships with such literary figures as Katherine Anne Porter, Elizabeth Bowen, and Reynolds Price; and her possible romance with the mysterious John Robinson, who, like many of the men in Welty's life, turned out to be gay. Waldron does a creditable, if at times perfunctory, job of following the trajectory of Welty's literary career--from her first hauntingly strange short stories collected in A Curtain of Green to whimsical productions of her midcareer like The Ponder Heart to her "warm, appealing, beautifully written" memoir, One Writer's Beginnings. Literary analysis is scant here, but that's fine, because many others have written at length and in depth about Welty's work. But only Ann Waldron has dared to do the life--and she has succeeded in making it clear, sympathetic, respectful, and wonderfully readable. --David Laskin From Publishers Weekly In a disheartening kickoff to a chronicle of the writing career of the intensely private "first lady of the South, " Waldron (Hodding Carter: The Reconstruction of a Racist) dwells on Eudora Welty's unattractive physical appearance. That established, Waldron records Welty's literary milestones from writing humor for school magazines and society columns for Southern newspapers to the publication of her early short stories and subsequent award-winning novels, such as Delta Wedding and The Optimist's Daughter. Episodes in Welty's difficult home lifeAthe illnesses and deaths of her father and two brothers, the often strained relationship with her motherAare briefly described with cool detachment. Waldron devotes a fair amount of space to Welty's sustaining friendships with authors Katherine Anne Porter, Elizabeth Bowen and William Faulkner, but she also openly regrets not being able to expose the unmarried Welty's romantic liaisons or her sexual orientation. She is sharpest when writing of Welty's hated rival, Carson McCullers, and in the book's personalized introduction. "I'd rather you didn't talk to her, " was Welty's attitude toward Waldron's project, and this lack of access to the octogenarian, her friends or even her neighbors leaves the book rather soulless. Although peppered with quotes from Welty's archived papers and filled with carefully assembled dates and facts, the biography offers little insight into the emotional life of a writer with an extraordinary voice. Copyright 1998 Reed. .

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This comprehensive biography presents the life and work of America's best-loved writer and first lady of the South. In Eudora: A Writer's Life, Ann Waldron chronicles the life of Eudora Welty and her countless accomplishments along the way. This biography is a must for all fans of this national treasure.

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Eudora Welty is a beloved institution of Southern fiction and American literature, whose closely guarded privacy has prevented a full-scale study of her life and work--until now. A significant contribution to the world of letters, Ann Waldron's biography chronicles the history and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, from a Mississippi childhood to the sale of her first short story, from her literary friendships with Katherine Anne Porter and Elizabeth Bowen to her rivalry with Carson McCullers. Elegant and authoritative, this first biography to chart the life of a national treasure is a must-have for Welty fans and scholars everywhere. Taschenbuch, 08.08.1998.

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Eudora Welty is a beloved institution of Southern fiction and American literature, whose closely guarded privacy has prevented a full-scale study of her life and work--until now. A significant contribution to the world of letters, Ann Waldron's biography chronicles the history and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, from a Mississippi childhood to the sale of her first short story, from her literary friendships with Katherine Anne Porter and Elizabeth Bowen to her rivalry with Carson McCullers. Elegant and authoritative, this first biography to chart the life of a national treasure is a must-have for Welty fans and scholars everywhere.Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen, Taschenbuch.

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Eudora Welty is a beloved institution of Southern fiction and American literature, whose closely guarded privacy has prevented a full-scale study of her life and work--until now. A significant contribution to the world of letters, Ann Waldron's biography chronicles the history and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, from a Mississippi childhood to the sale of her first short story, from her literary friendships with Katherine Anne Porter and Elizabeth Bowen to her rivalry with Carson McCullers. Elegant and authoritative, this first biography to chart the life of a national treasure is a must-have for Welty fans and scholars everywhere.Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen, Taschenbuch.

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Eudora Welty is a beloved institution of Southern fiction and American literature, whose closely guarded privacy has prevented a full-scale study of her life and work--until now. A significant contribution to the world of letters, Ann Waldron's biography chronicles the history and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, from a Mississippi childhood to the sale of her first short story, from her literary friendships with Katherine Anne Porter and Elizabeth Bowen to her rivalry with Carson McCullers. Elegant and authoritative, this first biography to chart the life of a national treasure is a must-have for Welty fans and scholars everywhere. Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Anchor, Anchor, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1999-10-19, Freigegeben: 1999-10-19, Studio: Anchor, Verkaufsrang: 2751589.

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Eudora Welty is a beloved institution of Southern fiction and American literature, whose closely guarded privacy has prevented a full-scale study of her life and work--until now. A significant contribution to the world of letters, Ann Waldron's biography chronicles the history and achievements of one of our greatest living authors, from a Mississippi childhood to the sale of her first short story, from her literary friendships with Katherine Anne Porter and Elizabeth Bowen to her rivalry with Carson McCullers. Elegant and authoritative, this first biography to chart the life of a national treasure is a must-have for Welty fans and scholars everywhere.

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