CRITICISM

Bobrick, Elizabeth. “Arrested Development.” Women's Review of Books 20, no. 7 (April 2003): 8-11.

Bobrick evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of Boys and Girls Forever: Children's Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter.

Busch, Frederick. “What Shall We Tell the Children?” Los Angeles Times Book Review (3 October 1993): 1, 13.

Busch praises Lurie's intentions in The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales, but regrets several omissions from the volume.

Givhan, Robin. “Making a Statement.” Washington Post Book World (16 April 2000): 8-9.

Givhan asserts that The Language of Clothes is a careful, astute examination of the messages sent by fashion and the evolving nature and customs of apparel.

Gussow, Mel. “Comedies of Manners, Laced with Morals.” New York Times (5 September 1998): B9.

Gussow provides an overview of Lurie's fiction and critical reception upon the publication of The Last Resort.

Kakutani, Michiko. “Scenes from a (Faltering) Marriage.” New York Times (3 July 1998): E32.

Kakutani offers a negative assessment of The Last Resort.

Kruse, Horst. “Museums and Manners: The Novels of Alison Lurie.” Anglia: Zeitschrift fur Englische Philologie 111, nos. 3-4 (1993): 410-38.

Kruse examines the recurring presence of museum motifs, symbolism, and metaphors in Lurie's fiction, drawing attention to the evocation of the museum as a locus of tradition and self-interpretation and providing a link between Lurie's work and the nineteenth-century novel of manners.

Maslin, Janet. “Once Upon a Time, Yes, But Not So Long Ago.” New York Times (19 August 1993): C15.

Maslin offers a positive assessment of The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales.

Skow, John. Review of The Truth about Lorin Jones, by Alison Lurie. Time 132, no. 12 (19 September 1988): 95.

Skow finds shortcomings in the lack of irony in The Truth about Lorin Jones.

Yardley, Jonathan. “Wasting Away Again in Margaritaville.” Washington Post Book World (19 July 1998): 3.

Yardley judges The Last Resort as one of Lurie's best efforts, asserting that the novel displays sophisticated wit and satire while commenting on such issues as the aging process and environmental concerns.

Additional coverage of Lurie's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 2; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 2, 17, 50, 88; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 4, 5, 18, 39; Contemporary Novelists, Ed. 7; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 2; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Ed. 1; and Something about the Author, Vols. 46, 112.