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Daly, Brenda. "Marriage as Emancipatory Metaphor: A Woman Wedded to Teaching and Writing in Oates's Unholy Lives." Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction XXXVII, No. 4 (Summer 1996): 270-88.

Examines the significance of community—both feminist and ideal—in Oates's fiction, particularly the academic novel Unholy Lives, likening teaching and writing to marriage.

Garner, Dwight. "When Bad Things Happen." Washington Post Book World (22 September 1996): 4.

Favorable review of We Were the Mulvaneys, observing that "rarely has [Oates's] gift for broad, galloping narrative been this much on display."

Gates, David. "American Gothic." The New York Times Book Review 101 (15 September 1996): 11.

Assesses the gothic element of First Love and the "family" theme of the "richly observed and...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works∗
3. Criticism
   1. Ellen Joseph (review date 25 October 1964)
   2. Elizabeth Janeway (review date 10 September 1967)
   3. R. V. Cassill (review date 3 November 1968)
   4. Janis P. Stout (essay date May/June 1983)
   5. Cara Chell (essay date 1985)
   6. Carol A. Martin (essay date Summer 1987)
   7. G. J. Weinberger (essay date Summer 1988)
   8. Gerald Early (essay date Fall 1988)
   9. Margaret Rozga (essay date 1990)
   10. Marilyn C. Wesley (essay date Winter 1990)
   11. Joyce Carol Oates with students at Bellarmine College (interview date Fall 1990)
   12. Sally Robinson (review date Summer 1992)
   13. Marilyn C. Wesley (essay date Summer 1992)
   14. Eva Manske (essay date 1992)
   15. Eleanor J. Bader (review date Winter 1993–94)
   16. James Carroll (review date 16 October 1994)
   17. Steven Marcus (review date 8 October 1995)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright

1. Joyce Carol Oates