Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Shimkus, James Hammond Author's Email Address jimhs@mindspring.com URN etd-07272006-221111 Title Aspects of King MacLain in Eudora Welty's The Golden Apples Degree Master of Arts Department English Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Pearl A. McHaney Committee Chair Keywords
- Welty
- The Golden Apples
- King MacLain
Date of Defense 2006-07-27 Availability unrestricted Abstract ASPECTS OF KING MACLAIN INEUDORA WELTY’S THE GOLDEN APPLES
by
James Shimkus
Under the Direction of Pearl A. McHaney
ABSTRACT
Much of the scholarship on Eudora Welty’s The Golden Apples focuses on Welty’s use of folklore and myth, particularly as presented in several of W. B. Yeats’s poems. The character King MacLain is most often associated with Zeus, Perseus, and Aengus. A close examination of King MacLain’s development during Welty’s composition and revision of The Golden Apples reveals associations between King and other figures from myth and folklore, including Odin, Loki, Finn MacCool, Brer Rabbit, the King of the Wood from James George Frazer’s The Golden Bough, and several types of Irish fairies. The many layers of allusion revealed by studying King MacLain suggest that close studies of other characters in The Golden Apples will illustrate the complexity and scope of Welty’s story-cycle.
INDEX WORDS: Eudora Welty, The Golden Apples, King MacLain, Celtic myth, Finn MacCool, Brer Rabbit, The Golden Bough
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