Description |
x, 976 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
Series |
The library of America series ; 102 |
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Library of America ; 102.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 965-976). |
Contents |
A curtain of green, and other stories. Lily Daw and the three ladies -- A piece of news -- Petrified man -- The key -- Keela, the outcast Indian maiden -- Why I live at the P.O. -- The whistle -- The hitch-hikers -- A memory -- Clytie -- Old Mr. Marblehall -- Flowers for Marjorie -- A curtain of green -- A visit of charity -- Death of a traveling salesman -- Powerhouse -- A worn path. |
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The wide net, and other stories. First love -- The wide net -- A still moment -- Asphodel -- The winds -- The purple hat -- Livvie -- At the landing. |
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The golden apples. Shower of gold -- June recital -- Sir rabbit -- Moon Lake -- The whole world knows -- Music from Spain -- The wanderers. |
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The bride of the Innisfallen, and other stories. No place for you, my love -- The burning -- The bride of the Innisfallen -- Ladies in spring -- Circe -- Kin -- Going to Naples. |
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Other stories. Where is the voice coming from? -- The demonstrators. |
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Selected essays. A pageant of birds -- Some notes on river country -- Writing and analyzing a story -- Place in fiction -- A sweet devouring -- Must the novelist crusade? -- "Is Phoenix Jackson's grandson really dead?" -- The little store -- Preface to Collected stories. |
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One writer's beginnings. |
Summary |
"Stories, Essays, and Memoir" contains all of Welty's collected short stories, her first book, "A Curtain of Green and Other Stories" (1941), stories based on her travels, and the ever-popular memoir, "One Writer's Beginnings" (1984). |
Subject |
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 -- Childhood and youth.
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Mississippi -- Social life and customs.
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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 -- Authorship.
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Added Title |
Works. Selections. 1998
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Stories, essays, and memoir |
Other Form: |
Online version: Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Selections. 1998. Stories, essays, & memoir. New York, N.Y. : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, c1998 (OCoLC)647074270 |
ISBN |
1883011558 (acid-free paper) |
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9781883011550 (acid-free paper) |
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