Bibliography

Bryer, Jackson R., and Harding, Eugene. Hamlin Garland and the Critics: An Annotated Bibliography. Troy, N.Y.: The Whitston Publishing Co., 1973, 282 p.

A list of writings on Garland that distinguishes between reviews of his works, periodical articles about the author, and criticism published in books.

Silet, Charles L. P. Henry Blake Fuller and Hamlin Garland: A Reference Guide. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977, 148 p.

Bibliography of works related to Garland.

Biography

Holloway, Jean. Hamlin Garland: A Biography. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1956.

Study of Garland's life and times.

Criticism

French, Warren. "What Shall We Do about Hamlin Garland?" American Literary Realism 1870-1910 3, No. 4 (Fall 1970): 283-89.

Opposes the positive commentary on Garland's works and asserts that the author's importance stems from his role as "an American type—the man who made it too quickly and then hung around too long."

Harrison, Stanley R. "Hamlin Garland and the Double Vision of Naturalism." Studies in Short Fiction VI, No. 5 (Fall 1969): 548-56.

Maintains that Garland uses natural forces to create both conflict and respite for his characters.

Kaye, Frances W. "Hamlin Garland's Feminism." In Women and Western American Literature, edited by Helen Winter Stauffer and Susan J. Rosowski, pp. 135-61. Troy, N.Y.: The Whitston Publishing Co., 1982.

Argues that Garland "was the only male author of literary significance who specifically endorsed in his writing woman's rights, woman suffrage, and woman's equality in marriage."

Keiser, Albert. "Travelling the White Man's Road." In his The Indian in American Literature, pp. 279-92. New York: Oxford University Press, 1933.

Analyzes Garland's depiction of Native Americans and pronounces it "one of the most systematic as well as sympathetic treatments of the American native and his problem."

Nagel, James, ed. Critical Essays on Hamlin Garland. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 372 p.

Presents a selection of essays and reviews on Garland's writings.

Pizer, Donald. "Herbert Spencer and the Genesis of Hamlin Garland's Critical System." TSE: Tulane Studies in English 7 (1957): 153-68.

Traces evolutionary philosopher Herbert Spencer's influence on Garland's life and works.

Reamer, Owen J. "Garland and the Indians." New Mexico Quarterly XXXIV, No. 3, (Autumn 1964): 257-80.

Details Garland's visits to various reservations in the 1890s and analyzes the stories in The Book of the American Indian.

Thacker, Robert. "Twisting toward insanity': Landscape and Female Intrapment in Plains Fiction." North Dakota Quarterly 52, No. 3 (Summer 1984): 181-94.

Discusses Garland's novella The Moccasin Ranch as it portrays a woman's reaction to the stark atmosphere of the Great Plains.

Silet, Charles L. P., Welch, Robert E., and Boudreau, Richard, eds. The Critical Reception of Hamlin Garland. Troy, N.Y.: The Whitston Publishing Co., 1985, 462 p.

Reprints selected criticism on Garland's writings.

Additional coverage of Garland's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 104; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 12, 71, 78; and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Vol. 3.