The Chrysanthemums, John Steinbeck - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Gullason, Thomas A. “Revelation and Evolution: A Neglected Dimension of the Short Story.” Studies in Short Fiction X, No. 4 (Fall 1973): 347–56.

Discusses how Elisa physically and emotionally “retreats and withdraws into herself” over the course of the story.

Mitchell, Marilyn L. “Steinbeck's Strong Women: Feminine Identity in the Short Stories.” Southwest Review LXI, No. 3 (Summer 1976): 304–15.

Compares Mary Teller of “The White Quail” with Elisa Allen in “The Chrysanthemums,” concluding that both women “have certain needs of the spirit, the abstract nature of which keeps happiness forever elusive.”

Noonan, Gerald. “A Note on ‘The Chrysanthemums’. ” Modern Fiction Studies XII, No. 4 (Winter 1969–70): 542.

Footnote to Elizabeth McMahan's well-known article on the story, noting the use of agricultural...

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