Adams, Alice - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Biography

Herman, Barbara A, "Alice Adams." Contemporary Fiction Writers of the South: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook, edited by Joseph M. Flora and Robert Bain, pp. 11-21. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.

Divided into the following sections: biography, discussion of themes, survey of Adams criticism, and primary and secondary bibliographies.

Criticism

DeMott, Benjamin. "Stories of Change." The New York Times Book Review (11 April 1982): 7, 17.

Referring to the fact that most of the characters in the stories in To See You Again seek to alter their lives, DeMott states: "Practically everybody in sight is wild to start over. The change-obsessed members of Miss Adams's audience . . . will surely be amused for a time, but there's a chance that even they may find the performance a shade too monotonic before the end."

Flam, Jack. "Savoring the Flavor of Everyday Life." Wall...

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