Short Story Criticism

At the Bottom of the River, Jamaica Kincaid | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Dutton, Wendy. “Merge and Separate: Jamaica Kincaid's Fiction.” World Literature Today 63, no. 3 (summer 1989): 406-10.

Explores the connection between At the Bottom of the River and Annie John.

Ismond, Patricia. “Jamaica Kincaid: “First They Must Be Children”.” WLWE 28, no. 2 (autumn 1988): 336-41.

Considers the theme of childhood in Kincaid's work.

James, Louis. “Reflections, and The Bottom of the River: The Transformation of Caribbean Experience in the Fiction of Jamaica Kincaid.” Wasafiri, no. 9 (winter 1988-89): 15-17.

Discusses issues of self-awareness, alienation, and female identity in At the Bottom of the River and Annie John.

Additional coverage of Kincaid's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: African American Writers, Ed. 2; American Writers...

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