The Golden Apples

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The Golden Apples is a celebrated collection of interrelated short stories by Eudora Welty that explores life, memory, and community in the fictional Mississippi town of Morgana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
short story collection
work of fiction
associatedWithMovement Southern Renaissance
author Eudora Welty
containsStory “June Recital”
Moon Lake
surface form: “Moon Lake”

“Music from Spain”
“Shower of Gold”
“Sir Rabbit”
The Wanderers
surface form: “The Wanderers”

“The Whole World Knows”
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed
exploresTheme community
gender roles
identity
life in the American South
memory
myth and folklore
time
firstPublicationYear 1949
form interrelated short stories
hasFictionalLocation Morgana, Mississippi
hasSubject Southern culture
interpersonal relationships
small-town life
influencedBy Greek mythology
language English
literaryGenre Southern Gothic
modernist literature
mediaType print
narrativeStructure linked stories
notableFor innovative narrative technique
lyrical prose style
originalPublisher Harcourt Brace & World
surface form: Harcourt, Brace and Company
partOfAuthorPeriod Eudora Welty’s middle period
publisherCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
recurringCharacter Cassandra Whitaker
King MacLain
Miss Eckhart
Snowdie MacLain
Virgie Rainey
setIn Morgana, Mississippi
fictional town
settingRegion Southern United States
surface form: American South
timeSpanOfStories early 20th century
titleAlludesTo the golden apples of myth

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Eudora Welty notableWork The Golden Apples
The Earthly Paradise contains The Golden Apples