The Regional Writer, Eudora Welty & Garrison Keillor
The Regional Writer
An author is a regional writer when his or her body of work reflects a particular area or region. For instance, Eudora Welty is a Southern style writer because her stories are mostly set in the Deep South, and more specifically in Mississippi. They reflect the physical setting, language and culture of that area and time.
The physical setting is the most important aspect of determining a regional writer. In Eudora Welty's …
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Welty, Eudora. "A Worn Path." Literature; An Introduction To Reading And Writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001. p150-155.
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