This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of "Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin"
Reference Books
Note: Bold numbers refer to volumes, pages follow.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism, (Ref PN 771 .C59) Volume(s):
- 13: 53-54
- 17: 33
- 90: 2-41
- 127: 106, 108
- Short Story Criticism, (Ref PN 3373 .S389) Volume(s):
- 10: 2-3, 5-7, 9, 12, 14-17, 21-25
- 33: 115-157 (most essays reproduced in Literature Criticism Online)
- 98: 160-66, 179, 184, 186, 189-191, 197-203
- Short Stories for Students (Ref PN 3373 .S56) Volume(s):
General Collection Books (may be checked out)
- Standley, Fred L. Critical Essays on James Baldwin. (PS 3552 .A45 Z64 1988)
- Bloom, Harold. James Baldwin. (PS 3552 .A45 Z72 1986)
- O'Daniel, Therman B. James Baldwin, a Critical Evaluation. (PS 3552 .A45 Z84)
- Kinnamon, Keneth. James Baldwin: a Collection of Critical Essays. (PS 3552 .A45 Z76)
E-Books
- King, Lovalerie and Lynn Orilla Scott, eds. James Baldwin and toni Morrison: Comparative, Critical, and Theoretical Essays. ebrary. [Sonny's Blues, pp.103-120]
Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases
Articles
Use periodical databases, such as Academic OneFile, Academic Search Premier, Wilson OmniFile FullText Mega, Masterfile Premier, JSTOR, for recent journal articles like those posted below.
- Goldman, Suzy Berstein. "'Sonny's Blues': A Message in Music." Negro American Literature Forum 8.3 (1974): 231-33.
- Ognibene, Elaine R. "Black Literature Revisited: 'Sonny's Blues.'" The English Journal 60.1 (1971): 36-37. [JSTOR]
- Sherard, Tracey. "Sonny's Bebop: Baldwins's 'Blues Text' as Intracultural Critique.'" Afican American Review 32.4 (1998): 691-705. [JSTOR]
- Tackach, James. "The Biblical foundation of James Baldwin's 'Sonny's Blues.'" Renascence: 59.2 (2007): 109-118. [Academic Search Premier]
Revised and updated by Mary Macleish, Fall, 2008.
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