Angela's Ashes Essays and Criticism

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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."

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