Sources for "A&P"
A selection of three sources in on Updike (including an interview that specifically discusses "A&P"). In PDF
Irony and Innocence in John Updike's "A&P" from Studies in Short Fiction
Updike and the Critics: Reflections on "A&P"
John Updike's "A&P": The Establishment and the Emersonian Cashier from Short Story Criticism
Afterward to "A&P" HTML
Sources for "Everyday Use"
See Christian's "'Everyday Use" and the Black Power Movement" (textbook 2216)
"Patches: Quilts and Community in Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use' " in PDF
Afterward for "Everyday Use" HTML
Sources for "A Rose for Emily"
Link to 1886 speech by Henry Grady on "The New South" HTML
Excerpt on rise of industrialism in PDF
Brooks and Warren in PDF
A Romance to Kill For from Studies in Short Fiction
Sources for "Greasy Lake"
1990 New York Times Magazine Interview with Boyle in PDF
Biographical/critical article on Boyle from Dictionary of Literary Biography
Overview of his work from Contemporary Popular Writers
Overview on "Greasy Lake" from Characters in Twentieth Century Literature
"Boyle's 'Greasy Lake' and the Failure of Postmodernism" in PDF
Web site containing several essays and interviews on Boyle
T. rex, Lies, and Videotape by Boyle
Abstract: Comments on the importance of fiction and its effects on humanity. Opinion that fiction is a version of reality and is in danger of becoming reality; How computer technology is changing how humans perceive reality; View that humans are becoming isolated from one another.
To access article, 1) go to Library Links; 2) click Ebschost databases from list; 3) click "All EBSCO databases; 4) Academic Search Premier; and finally 5) type AN 3613521 into the search line
An interview with T. Coraghessan Boyle.
Abstract: Presents and interview with author T. Coraghessan Boyle. Personal, educational and professional background of Boyle; When his first began writing; Influence of music on his writing; Nineteenth-century writers he admires.
To access article, 1) go to Library Links; 2) click Ebschost databases from list; 3) click "All EBSCO databases; 4) Academic Search Premier; and finally 5) type AN 9111183145 into the search line
T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
The Art of Fiction No. 161
Interviewd by Elizabeth E. Adams
Paris Review
Summer 200
Sources for "Shiloh"
Interview with Mason
Interesting article on Mabel's role in the story from The Journal of Evolutionary Psychology.
Essay on the role of music in "Shiloh" from The Explicator
Essay on Norma Jean's role
Abstract: Norma Jean, the heroine of Bobbie Ann Mason's short story 'Shiloh,' symbolizes the modern woman striving to find her identity. Norma Jean finds her individuality after she breaks free and leaves her husband Leroy despite her husband and mother attempts at dissuading her. Mason focuses on the changing relationships between men and women in the emerging social order.
Essay on the role of Southern Culture in "Shiloh" from (appropriately enough) The Southern Literary Journal
The Grail Myth in Shiloh -- interesting article from Studies in Short Fiction
Music in Shiloh
Houses in "Shiloh" in The Explicator
Subdivisions in "Shiloh" in The Explicator
On the ending of "Shiloh" in PDF
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Sources for "Cathedral"
Understanding Raymond Carver exercpt from book on Carver which discusses "Cathedral"
Article on communication problems in Carver's work
The Possiblity of Resurrection compares "Feathers" and "Cathedral" to illustrate the ways in which Carver allows his characters greater freedom and ability to redeem their lives.
On Maturity in Cathedral (Scroll down towards the end)
On Growth in Cathedral from Essays in Literature
Overview on Cathedral from Reference Guide to Short Fiction
On Masculinity in Cathedral from The Journal of Men's Studies
Biographical and critical article on Carver
Interview of Carver
Sources for "Gimpel the Fool"
"Gimpel the Full"
"Singers Debt to the Romantics"
Afterward for "Gimpel the Fool"
Sources for Things They Carried
Sources for The Glass Menagerie
1945 interview New York Times PDF format
The Glass Menagerie Revisited (great article to start with -- HTML format)
General article on Glass HTML format
Chapter on different Themes in Williams' work HTML format
Article on the Depression
In the News
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