The Quaker Influence in Anne Tyler’s The Accidental Tourist
Note: This paper provides literature students with an example of the biographical and mimetic approaches to literature. Elizabeth Evans, in her article “Early Years and Influences,” argues that life experience can influence a writer as powerfully as can other literature. She also mentions that Tyler spent her formative years living in Quaker communities (Evans 2). Not much has been written about Tyler’s Quaker background, although she has portrayed Quaker meetings in Morgan