CRITICISM

Bell, Millicent. “Fiction Chronicle.” Partisan Review 66, no. 3 (1999): 417-30.

Bell praises Stone's depiction of the city of Jerusalem in Damascus Gate but faults the author for attempting to force too many characters, plots, movements, politics, and detail into one novel.

Bell, Pearl K. “Fiction Chronicle.” Partisan Review 59, no. 2 (1992): 282-95.

Bell offers a negative assessment of Outerbridge Reach, asserting that it contains overbearing metaphors and overt symbolism.

Blumenthal, Ralph. “A Novelist Who Stalks Authenticity.” New York Times (26 May 1998): E1.

Blumenthal provides an overview of Stone's life, work, and critical reception upon the publication of Damascus Gate.

Gray, Paul. Review of Children of Light, by Robert Stone. Time 127, no. 72 (10 March 1986): 72.

Gray evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of Children of Light.

Higgins, George V. “Crossing the Bar.” Washington Post Book World (1 March 1992): 5.

Higgins praises Stone's writing in Outerbridge Reach, calling the narration simple and direct.

Kakutani, Michiko. “Believers and Cynics on a Road to Rebirth.” New York Times (14 April 1998): E1.

Kakutani offers a favorable review of Damascus Gate but criticizes the novel's laboriousness while establishing characters and plots.

Kaplan, Morton. “Robert Stone's Damascus Gate.” World and I 13, no. 9 (September 1998): 243.

Kaplan offers an overview of Stone's life and writings upon the publication of Damascus Gate.

Lehman-Haupt, Christopher. “Unleashing the Poison that Floods from Anger.” New York Times (3 April 1997): C19.

Lehman-Haupt praises the stories collected in Bear and His Daughter.

Leonard, John. “Blame It on Jerusalem.” Tikkun 13, no. 5 (September-October 1998): 71-3.

Leonard discusses Stone's evocation of Jerusalem and the quest for religious meaning in Damascus Gate.

Pritchard, William H. “Sailing over the Edge.” New York Times Book Review (23 February 1992): 1.

Pritchard offers a positive assessment of Outerbridge Reach.

Rosen, Jonathan. “Jerusalem Syndrome.” New York Times Book Review (26 April 1998): 14.

Rosen finds shortcomings in the symbolism, reductive dichotomies, and ahistorical qualities of Damascus Gate.

Ryan, Richard. “A Grand Novel of Grand Things.” Christian Science Monitor (13 March 1992): 13.

Ryan lauds the writing in Outerbridge Reach, calling Stone's narration “stunning” and “well-wrought.”

Weber, Bruce. “An Eye for Danger.” New York Times Magazine (19 January 1992): 19.

Weber provides an overview of Stone's life and writing upon the publication of Outerbridge Reach.

Additional coverage of Stone's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Writers Supplement, Vol. 5; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 3; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 85-88; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 23, 66, 95; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 5, 23, 42; Contemporary Novelists, Ed. 7; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 152; Literature Resource Center; and Major 20th-Century Writers, Ed. 1.