Jan 4, 2010

The Gift of the Magi | Bibliography and Further Reading

Further Reading
Bates, H. E., The Modem Short Story, Writer, Inc., 1941, p. 231.
Bates surveys the development of short stories in America, France, Russia, and Great Britain from the writers of Edgar Allan Poe's day through the 1940s and explains why O. Henry's short stories are so successful.

Current-Garcia, Eugene. O Henry (William Sydney Porter), Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1965.
This thorough biographical and critical study includes an examination of how O. Henry's regional background influenced his work.

Current-Garcia, Eugene,...