A Christmas Memory | Essays and Criticism

  • An Overview of Capote's "A Christmas Memory"

    In the following essay, Ring gives an overview of Capote's "A Christmas Memory,'' concentrating on the portrayal of the character of Buddy's cousin.

  • Surprised by Joy: Stories of the Fifties and Sixties

    In the following excerpt from a longer chapter in a book, Garson discusses "A Christmas Memory" in terms of its autobiographical elements and its similarities to Capote's novel A Grass Harp, which also fictionalizes the author's youth.

  • ''A Christinas Memory

    In the following essay about Truman Capote's short stories, Nance analyzes ''A Christinas Memory" as a "fiction of nostalgia."