Harriet Pollack
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781617033032
- eISBN:
- 9781617033056
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781617033032.003.0014
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter explores Eudora Welty’s use of allusions in her work. It first maps out the process characteristically initiated by Welty’s allusions, and then examines the specific uses she makes of ...
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This chapter explores Eudora Welty’s use of allusions in her work. It first maps out the process characteristically initiated by Welty’s allusions, and then examines the specific uses she makes of that process in three allusive fictions: “The Wide Net,” The Robber Bridegroom, and its story double, “At The Landing”.Less
This chapter explores Eudora Welty’s use of allusions in her work. It first maps out the process characteristically initiated by Welty’s allusions, and then examines the specific uses she makes of that process in three allusive fictions: “The Wide Net,” The Robber Bridegroom, and its story double, “At The Landing”.
Mae Miller Claxton
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781496814531
- eISBN:
- 9781496814579
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496814531.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 20th Century Literature
This essay argues for including an “indigenous perspective” in teaching all literature, but especially works by Eudora Welty. Welty’s knowledge of the indigenous history of Mississippi and especially ...
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This essay argues for including an “indigenous perspective” in teaching all literature, but especially works by Eudora Welty. Welty’s knowledge of the indigenous history of Mississippi and especially the Natchez Trace suggests the need to provide this context for students. Teaching LeAnne Howe’s Shell Shaker along with Welty’s Natchez Trace stories and The Robber Bridegroom provides new ways to view complex cultural and historical issues associated with these works. In her fiction, Welty constructs her own “tribalography,” an alternative American narrative strongly influenced by her understanding of Native American history and culture.Less
This essay argues for including an “indigenous perspective” in teaching all literature, but especially works by Eudora Welty. Welty’s knowledge of the indigenous history of Mississippi and especially the Natchez Trace suggests the need to provide this context for students. Teaching LeAnne Howe’s Shell Shaker along with Welty’s Natchez Trace stories and The Robber Bridegroom provides new ways to view complex cultural and historical issues associated with these works. In her fiction, Welty constructs her own “tribalography,” an alternative American narrative strongly influenced by her understanding of Native American history and culture.
Michael Kreyling
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781496814531
- eISBN:
- 9781496814579
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496814531.003.0016
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 20th Century Literature
Recent attention to sexual assaults on college and university campuses has led us to reconsider the psychological impact of what we teach on the students we teach. Statistical studies tell us that ...
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Recent attention to sexual assaults on college and university campuses has led us to reconsider the psychological impact of what we teach on the students we teach. Statistical studies tell us that high percentages of our male and female students have suffered some form of sexual assault, ranging from rape to verbal abuse. Inasmuch as Welty’s fiction makes use of rape as a motif quite often, we should re-evaluate our teaching approaches and temperament in the classroom lest we re-open troubling wounds.Less
Recent attention to sexual assaults on college and university campuses has led us to reconsider the psychological impact of what we teach on the students we teach. Statistical studies tell us that high percentages of our male and female students have suffered some form of sexual assault, ranging from rape to verbal abuse. Inasmuch as Welty’s fiction makes use of rape as a motif quite often, we should re-evaluate our teaching approaches and temperament in the classroom lest we re-open troubling wounds.
