This guide lists selected sources for literary criticism of "The Rocking-Horse Winner " by D. H. Lawrence.

Reference Books

• Short Story Criticism, (Ref PN 3373 .S389) Volume(s):
  • 4: 200-01, 206, 212, 221, 229-230, 233, 238
  • 19: 250-291 (Essays reproduced in Literature Criticism Online database.)
• Masterplots II Short Story Series, (Ref PN 3373 .M27)
• Short Stories for Students (Ref PN 3373 .S56) Volume(s):
  • 2: 230-244

General Collection Books (may be checked out)

• Barrett, Gerald R. From Fiction to Film: D. H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner." (PR 6023 .A93 R633)
• Burgess, Anthony. Flame into Being: The Life and Work of D. H. Lawrence. (PT 6023 .A93 Z574 1985)
• Hobsbaum, Philip. A Reader's Guide to D. H. Lawrence. (PR 6023 .A93 Z63137)
• Kearney, Martin F. Major Short Stories of D. H. Lawrence: A Handbook. (PR 6023 .A93 Z63667) pp. 173-206.
• Thornton, Weldon. D. H. Lawrence: A Study of the Short Fiction. (PR 6023 .A93 Z298)

Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)

Selected full-text articles (database/-s) in brackets after the citation. There are many others for this short story.

• Literature Criticism Online. Provides the full-texts of essays in Short Story Criticism 19 (1995): 250-291, "The Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence."

Use periodical databases such as Academic OneFile, Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier, Wilson Omnifile FullText Mega, and others for recent journal articles like those posted below.

• Burroughs, William D. "No Defense for 'The Rocking-Horse Winner.'" College English 24.4 (1963). Full-text available in database: JSTOR.
• Davies, Rosemary Reeves. "Lawrence, Lady Cynthia Asquith, and 'The Rocking-Horse Winner.'" Studies in Short Fiction 20.2-3 (1983). 121-126. Full-text available in database: Academic Search Premier.
• Davies, Rosemary Reeves. "'The Rocking-Horse Winner' Again: A Correction.'" Studies in Short Fiction 18.3 (1981): 320-322. Full-text available in database: Academic Serach Premier.
• Goldberg, Michael. "Lawrence's 'Rocking-Horse Winner,': A Dickensian Fable." Modern Fiction Studies 15 (1969): 525-536. Microfilm Collection.
• Koban, Charles. "Allegory and the Death of the Heart in 'The Rocking-Horse Winner.'" Studies in Short Fiction 15 (1978): 391-396. Full-text available in Academic Search Premier.
• Marks, W. S. "The Psychology of the Uncanny in Lawrence's 'The Rocking-Horse Winner.'" Modern Fiction Studies 11 (1966): 381-392. Microfilm Collection.
• Martin, W. r. "Fancy of Imagination? 'The Rocking-Horse Winner.'" College English 24 (1962): 64-65. Full-text available in database: JSTOR.
• Snodgrass, W. D. "A Rocking Horse: The Symbol, the Pattern, the Way to Live." Hudson Review 11 (1958): 191-200. Microfilm Collection.