Welty's stories often depict a protective and domelike nighttime sky, the moon and constellations beckoning a character to venture beyond the familiar, visible world. This metaphor for the human need to seek out the unknown serves as an anchoring image in Mortimer's study of Welty's inquiry into the nature and contexts of knowledge.
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Welty's stories often depict a protective and domelike nighttime sky, the moon and constellations beckoning a character to venture beyond the familiar, visible world. This metaphor for the human need to seek out the unknown serves as an anchoring image in Mortimer's study of Welty's inquiry into the nature and contexts of knowledge.
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