CRITICISM

Bedrosian, Margaret. “William Saroyan in California.” California History 68, no. 4 (1989-99): 202-09.

Outlines the setting of California and the significance of the Armenian immigrant experience, in particular as it relates to Saroyan's work.

Bulbulian, Stephen Y. “William Saroyan: A 90^th Birthday Celebration.” Ararat 40, no. 1 (winter 1999): 53-4.

Summarizes speaker remarks on a birthday celebration held in Saroyan's honor by his niece Jacqueline Kazarian.

Calonne, David Stephen. “William Saroyan's Assyrians and Armenians.” Journal of the Society of Armenian Studies 9 (1996-1997): 65-73.

Outlines the way in which Saroyan integrated the Assyrian and Armenian history and plight in his works.

Everding, Robert G. “Shaw and Saroyan.” Independent Shavian 24, nos. 2-3 (1986): 35-40.

Points to Shavian elements in Saroyan's dramatic technique, commenting on the similarities between the work of the two playwrights.

Foster, Edward Halsey. “A New Kind of Fiction.” In William Saroyan: A Study of the Short Fiction, pp. 11-9. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1991.

Discusses the influence of Sherwood Anderson on Saroyan's short fiction, highlighting the similarities between their treatment of expressionist aesthetics.

Keyishian, Harry, ed. Critical Essays on William Saroyan. New York: G. K. Hall, 1995, 192 p.

Anthology of essays on Saroyan's writing, including reviews, critical essays, and thematic analyses.

Kouymjian, Dickran. “Whitman and Saroyan: Singing the Song of America.” Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 10, no. 1 (summer 1992): 16-24.

Traces the similarities between Whitman and Saroyan's works and worldview, and expounds on the influence Whitman had on Saroyan.

Petite, Joseph. “Saroyan's Laughter.” Explicator 43, no. 2 (spring 1985): 41-2.

Brief explanation of Saroyan's use of laughter and isolation in a short story.

Additional coverage of Saroyan's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography; Contemporary American Dramatists; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8R, 103; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 30; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 8, 10, 29, 34, 56; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 7, 9, 86; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, 1981; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Dramatists, Most-studied Authors, and Novelists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 4; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Reference Guide to American Literature, Ed. 4; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; Short Stories for Students, Vol. 14; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 21; Something about the Author, Vols. 23, 24; Twayne's United States Authors; and World Literature Criticism.