Further Reading
- Alvis, John. "The Miltonic Argument in Caroline Gordon's The Glory of Hera." The Southern Review 16, No. 3 (July 1980): 560-73. (Discusses the use of Christian symbolism and Greek myth in The Glory of Hera.)
- Baum, Catherine B., and Watkins, Floyd C. "Caroline Gordon and 'The Captive': An Interview." The Southern Review n. s. VII, No. 2 (April 1971): 447-62. (Interview in which Gordon discusses her short story "The Captive.")
- Cheney, Brainard. "Caroline Gordon's The Malefactors." The Sewanee Review LXXIX, No. 3 (Summer 1971): 360-72. (Examines the theme of conversion in The Malefactors.)
- Cowan, Bainard. "The Serpent's Coils: How to Read Caroline Gordon's Later Fiction." The Southern Review 16, No. 2 (April 1980): 281-98. (Stylistic analysis explaining the reoccurrence of the serpent motif and the myth of Heracles in Gordon's later fiction.)
- Ford, Ford Madox. "A Stage in American Literature." Bookman LXXIV, No. 4 (December 1931): 371-76. (Essay concerning the emergence of "a formidable school of American writers" including Gordon.)
- Fraistat, Rose Ann C. Caroline Gordon as Novelist and Woman of Letters. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1984, 181 p. (Describes Gordon's critical theory and categorizes her novels into two thematic periods.)
- Horsford, Howard C. "Letters of Caroline Gordon Tate to Sally Wood Kohn, 1925–1937." The Princeton University Library Chronicle XLIV, No. 1 (Autumn 1982): 1-24. (Relates Gordon's life between 1925 and 1937 based upon her correspondence with friend and writer Sally Wood.)
- King, Lawrence, T. "The Novels of Caroline Gordon." The Catholic World 181, No. 1084 (July 1955): 274-79. (Outlines plots and themes of Gordon's first seven novels.)
- Makowsky, Veronica A. "Caroline Gordon: Amateur to Professional Writer." The Southern Review 23, No. 4 (Autumn 1987): 778-93. (Provides excerpts from Makowsky's biography on Gordon, following the early years of Gordon's career and marriage to Allen Tate, and their life as struggling writers.)
- Makowsky, Veronica A. Caroline Gordon: A Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, 260 p. (Analysis of Gordon's life and work, discussing her Southern heritage and life experiences.)
- Paterson, Isabel. "Study? Family? Politics? Let's Go Fishing!: A Serene Novel About an Old-Fashioned Gentleman Who Knew How to Answer Argument." New York Herald Tribune Book Review 11, No. 9 (4 November 1934): 6. (Positive review of Aleck Maury, Sportsman.)
- Pruette, Lorine. "Shadows in Dixie." The New York Times Book Review (21 May 1944): 6. (Mixed review of The Women on the Porch.)
- Rosenberger, Coleman. "Private Lives of Some Talented People." New York Herald Tribune Book Review 28, No. 4 (9 September 1951): 5. (Review praising Gordon's creation of compelling characters in The Strange Children.)
- Ross, Danforth. "Caroline Gordon, Uncle Rob and My Mother." The Southern Quarterly XXVII, No. 3 (Spring 1990): 9-22. (Anecdote concerning Gordon's early life on her family's farm and her adult years at Benfolly in Clarksville, Tennessee.)
- Sullivan, Mary C. "Caroline Gordon: A Reference Guide." In Flannery O'Connor and Caroline Gordon: A Reference Guide, edited by Robert E. Golden and Mary C. Sullivan, Boston: G. K. Hall and Co., 1977, pp. 193-308. (Annotated bibliography of Gordon's works and critical and biographical studies about her, including a chronological listing of Ph. D. dissertations.)
- Waldron, Ann. Close Connections: Caroline Gordon and the Southern Renaissance. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987, 416 p. (A detailed account of Gordon's life and career.)
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