Angela's Ashes | Essays and Criticism
- Angela's Ashes as a Coming-of-Age Story
In this essay, the author discusses Angela's Ashes as a coming-of-age story.
- The Portrayal of McCourt's Family
In the following essay, the author discusses the portrayal of McCourt's family in Angela's Ashes.
- Traditional Elements of Fiction and Nonfiction
In this essay, the author discusses McCourt's gifted use of some of the traditional elements of fiction and nonfiction.
- The Million-Dollar Blarney of the McCourts
In the following review, Foster examines the McCourt phenomenon, and casts doubt on the veracity of some parts of Angela's Ashes.
- Rising from the Ashes
In the following review of Angela's Ashes, Shannon calls it ‘‘the most refreshingly unsociological account of poverty I have ever read."

