Bibliography

Avila, Wanda. Jean Stafford, A Comprehensive Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1983, 195 p.

Extensive bibliography.

Biography

Goodman, Charlotte Margolis. Jean Stafford: The Savage Heart. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990, 394 p.

Interweaves criticism of Stafford's work with details about her life.

Hulbert, Ann. The Interior Castle: The Art and Life of Jean Stafford. New York: Knopf, 1992, 427 p.

Psychological portrait of the writer that pursues "the mystery of Stafford's literary personality."

Roberts, David. Jean Stafford: A Biography. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1988, 494 p.

Includes critical commentary of Stafford's writings, personal reminiscences of her life, numerous photographs, and an extensive bibliography.

Sheed, Wilfrid. "Miss Jean Stafford." In Essays in Disguise, pp. 65-75. New York: Knopf, 1990.

Bittersweet portrait of Stafford in her last days by a good friend and fellow writer.

Criticism

Leary, William. "Grafting onto Her Roots: Jean Stafford's 'Woden's Day.'" Western American Literature (August 1988): 129-39.

Distinguishes between fact and fiction in the story "Woden's Day."

Maurer, Robert. "The Deceptive Facade." Saturday Review (March 1, 1969): 32.

Positive review of The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in which Maurer states, "What has made Miss Stafford one of our finest story-tellers is her singular victory of sensibility over technique."

Additional coverage of Stafford's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, 85-88; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 3; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 4, 7, 19, 68; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 173; Major 20th-Century Writers; and Something about the Author, Vol. 22.