American Literature / Unit 16 AML 1516 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Eudora Welty and "A Worn Path"
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The idea
Welty was guided by Robert Penn Warren and Katherine Anne Porter, who introduced her first collection, and the witness calls her wit humane and affirmative despite the violence in her work. She won back-to-back O. Henry awards, one of them for "A Worn Path."
In practice
Violence in the stories, warmth in the wit.
Where people slip
She is grouped with O'Connor, not identical.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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