CRITICISM

Pollack, Harriet. “Words Between Strangers: On Welty, Her Style, and Her Audience.” In Welty: A Life in Literature, edited by Albert J. Devlin, pp. 54–81. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1987.

Analyzes the apparent paradox in Welty's themes of human connection coupled with her narrative techniques of obstruction.

Additional coverage of Welty's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Writers; American Writers Retrospective Supplement, Vol. 1; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 3; Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1941-1968; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-12R; Contemporary Authors Bibliography Series, Vol. 1; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 32, 65; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 2, 5, 14, 22, 33, 105; Contemporary Novelists; Contemporary Southern Writers; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 102, 143; Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series, Vol. 12; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, Vol. 87; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors, Novelists;DISCovering Authors 3.0; Exploring Short Stories; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 3; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Modern American Women Writers; Reference Guide to American Literature; Reference Guide to Short Fiction; Short Stories for Students, Vols. 2, 10; St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers; 20th Century Romance and Historical Writers; and World Literature Criticism.