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Journal Article
Madness, Marriage, and “The Right Way to Be Happy” in Eudora Welty’s Fiction
2025
Overview
Most of Eudora Welty’s fiction, specifically her story “Music from Spain” (1948) and short novel The Ponder Heart (1954), appeared during a time when medical authorities still viewed same-sex desire as a mental illness. Welty’s work, however, suggests the problem lies not with the individual but with society’s prejudice and strict prescriptions of happiness contingent on marriage and domesticity, which do not account for sexual alterities. Eugene and Daniel, the texts’ respective male protagonists, struggle to find fulfillment within the confines of traditional marriage, rupturing the purported link between happiness and heterosexuality.
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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