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A Worn Path

The short story “A Worn Path” is one of Eudora Welty’s earlier stories written in 1940 and first published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine.  It was later included in Eudora Welty’s first book A Curtain of Green which came out in 1941.  The story is about the love, courage, and goodness of an old, black woman Phoenix Jackson as she makes her weekly journey down a worn path to get soothing medicine for her chronically ailing grandson.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PS3545 .E6
• PN6104 .Q79
• PZ1 .H82
• PZ3 .W4696

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Johnston, Carol Ann. Eudora Welty: A Study of the Short Fiction. 1997.

                   Call Number: PS3545 .E6 Z73 1997

• Trouard, Dawn (ed.). Eudora Welty: Eye of the Storyteller. 1989.

                   Call Number: PS3545 .E6 Z6727 1989

•  Turner, W. Craig, and Lee Emling Harding (eds.). Critical Essays on Eudora Welty. 1989.

                  Call Number: PS3545 .E6 Z63 1989

• Vande Kieft, Ruth M.  Eudora Welty. 1987

                  Call Number: PS3545 .E6  Z9 1987

• Welty, Eudora.  The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. 1980.

                 Call Number: PZ3 .W4696 Co

• Westling, Louise Hutchings.  Eudora Welty. 1989

                Call Number: PS3545 .E6  Z96 1989

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Worn Path
• Welty, Eudora
• Welty, Eudora , 1909 – Criticism and Interpretation
• Short Stories, American
• Women and Literature – Southern States – History – 20^th Century
• Women authors, American – 20^th Century -- Biography

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number: REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 33, pg. 414, 419, 424

o   Vol. 105, pg. 298, 301, 307, 319, 326, 349

• Critical Survey of Short Fiction – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C7 2001

o   Vol. 6, pg. 2484

• Masterplots II: Short Story Series (Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN3326 .M27 2004

o   Vol. 8, pg. 4709-11

• Short Story Criticism –  Call Number: REF PN3321 .S5

o   Vol. 1, pg. 466, 470, 491-92, 494

o   Vol. 27, pg. 332-66

o   Vol. 51, pg. 259-60, 318

• Short Stories for Students – Call Number: REF PN3330 .S386

o   Vol. 2, pg. 312-28

Research Databases

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• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Literature Resources from Gale

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised on November 21, 2021