Sally Wolff: 2 books
Ledgers of History
William Faulkner, an Almost Forgotten Friendship, and an Antebellum Plantation Diary
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Emory University professor Sally Wolff has carried on a fifty-year tradition of leading students on expeditions to "Faulkner country" in and around Oxford, Mississippi. Not long ago, she decided to invite alumni on one of these field trips. One response to the invitation surprised her: "I...
A Dark Rose
Love in Eudora Welty's Stories and Novels
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
From the heartbroken protagonist she depicted in her first published story, "Death of a Traveling Salesman," to the reflective widow she described in her last novel, The Optimist's Daughter, Eudora Welty wrote realistically about the shadows and radiance of love. In a meticulous exploration of this...