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In this study, Ruth D. Weston probes the whole of Eudora Weltys work to reveal the writers close relationship to the gothic tradition. Specically, Weston shows how Welty employs the theme of enclosure and escape and settings that convey a sense of mysterygothic adaptations bothto create certain narrative techniques in her ction. Differentiating at the outset between the Gothic genre as opposed to elements of the gothic tradition, and acknowledging both critics and Weltys own reluctance to link her writing with the former, Weston plunges in and brilliantly discloses the relationship Weltys writing has to both, and in doing so describes a rich literary heritage to which Welty belongs. She shows how the tradition of adapting European Gothic conventions to American settings has come down to us through writers such as Hawthorne, particularly through the short story, and continues in Weltys ction. Among Weltys narrative techniques that Weston discusses are plot structures built around betrayal and captivity, reversal of characters gender roles, a tone sometimes similar to that of gothic genres such as the fairy tale or ghost story, and affective settings in gothic spaces such as the wood

Author

Weston, Ruth D., 1934- author

Publisher

Louisiana State University Press; LSU Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807118979

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Humanities