The Eye of the Story by Eudora Welty - ISBN: 9780679730040
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Welty illuminates writing: craft, commentary, and the writer’s vision.

The Eye of the Story

Selected Essays and Reviews

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    29 August 1990

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Summary

Much like her highly acclaimed One Writer’s Beginnings, The Eye of the Story offers Eudora Welty’s invaluable meditations on the art of writing. In addition to seven essays on craft, this collection brings together her penetrating and instructive commentaries on a wide variety of individual writers, including Jane Austen, E. M. Forster, Willa Cather, Anton Chekhov, William Faulkner, and Virginia Woolf.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780679730040
ISBN-10:0679730044
Author:Eudora Welty
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House USA Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:29 August 1990
Weight:309g
Dimensions:203mm x 135mm x 20mm
Series:Vintage International
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“In criticism as in fiction, Miss Welty’s observations are blessed with a dazzling accuracy.” – The Nation

“Makes the relationship between reading and writing extraordinarily close.” – The New York Times Book Review

About The Author

Eudora Welty

One of America’s most admired authors, Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1909. She was educated locally and at Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. She is the author of, among many other books, One Writer’s Beginnings, The Robber Bridegroom, Delta Wedding, The Ponder Heart, Losing Battles, and The Optimist’s Daughter which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. She died in 2001.

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