"Untamable texts": the art of Georgia O'Keeffe and Eudory Welty.
| Publisher | Mississippi State University |
| Publication | The Mississippi Quarterly |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0026-637X |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Published | 2003-03-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Mae Miller Claxton |
| Person | n/a | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| Person | n/a | Alfred Stieglitz |
| Person | n/a | Eudora Welty |
ALMOST TWO DECADES AFTER HER DEATH, Georgia O'Keeffe continues to be one of the most popular American artists of the twentieth century. We hang reproductions of her paintings in our homes, classrooms, and offices and record appointments in date books featuring her work. While the art of Eudora Welty is not as ubiquitous as O'Keeffe's, she continues to exert a quiet yet important influence on many current writers, and her works continue to be widely read and admired. Welty greatly admired O'Keeffe, naming dance pioneer Martha Graham and O'Keeffe as the women she respects most. She...
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