The site American Passages: A Literary Survey, includes brief background on Eudora Welty. Open up the Author Questions on the page to spark analytical thinking about Petrified Man.

This video talks briefly about the genre of Southern Gothic literature and then moves into an analysis of Petrified Man in terms of setting, character, symbols, and theme.

In this short video, Welty talks about her writing process and her focus on place and character.