Nothing Happens in Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”

Category: dry september

As I was organizing my American literature survey course this semester, I knew that I wanted to center it on short stories. I did this because I wanted to provide students with a broad swath of literature and literary movements from 1865 to the present. With this in mind, I knew, as well, that I wanted to include Ernest Gaines’ “The Sky is Gray,” because, like … Read More Nothing Happens in Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”

March 2, 2017 + a gathering of old men, african american literature, american literature, dry september, ernest j gaines, louisiana literature, southern literature, the autobiography of miss jane pittman, Uncategorized, william faulkner

The Blank Spots in Faulkner’s “Dry September” and Ernest Gaines

by Matthew Teutsch

I’ve written about the image of dust in William Faulkner’s “Dry September” (1931) on this blog before, and today I would like to look at another aspect of Faulkner’s story that struck me as I reread it recently. Faulkner never shows McClendon and the mob lynch Will Mayes; however, we know that is exactly what happens because as they return in the car, Hawkshaw … Read More The Blank Spots in Faulkner’s “Dry September” and Ernest Gaines

April 7, 2016 + american literature, dry september, gothic literature, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, of love and dust, southern literature, william faulkner

Suffocation and Concealment through Dust in Faulkner’s "Dry September"

by Matthew Teutsch

After writing about Ellen Glasgow’s “Jordan’s End,” I picked up William Faulkner’s “Dry September” (1931). While not necessarily in the exact same narrative vein, Faulkner’s story, as with his other works, highlight the ideas of the Southern Gothic, specifically a place of suffocating oppression that does not resemble the idyllic region that authors sought to “recapture” after Reconstruction during the latter part of the … Read More Suffocation and Concealment through Dust in Faulkner’s "Dry September"

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Nothing Happens in Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”

Category: dry september