This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck.

Reference Books

• Contemporary Literary Criticism (Ref PN 771 .C59) Volume(s):
  • 9: 516, 519
  • 21: 391-392
  • 34: 415
  • 45: 382
• Short Story Criticism (Ref PN 3373 .S389) Volume(s):
  • 11: 207, 210, 214, 221, 223-37, 240-41, 244
  • 37: 321-362
  . Most essays reproduced in full text in Literature Criticism Online database.
• Short Stories for Students (Ref PN 3373 .S56) Volume(s):
  • 6: 59-82
• Masterplots: Short Story Series (Ref PN 3326 .M27) Volume(s):
  • 2: 640-

Biographical Information (Reference Collection)

• American Writers Vol. 4 (Ref PS 129 .A55)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century American Dramatists (Ref PS 21 .D5 vol. 7)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Novelists, 1910-1945 (Ref PS 21 .D5 vol. 9)

General Collection Books (may be checked out)

• Beach, Joseph W. American Fiction, 1920-1940. (PS 379 .B38) (pp. 311-14)
• Davis, Robert Murray. Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays. (PS 3537 .T3234 Z625)
• French, Warren G. John Steinbeck's Fiction Revisited. (PS 3537 .T3234 Z652 1994) (pp. 62-64)
• Hughes, R. S. Beyond the Red Pony: A Reader's Companion to Steinbeck's Complete Short Stories.(PS 3537 .T3234 Z7146 1987) (pp. 3, 33, 52-56, 58-62, 64, 67, 97, 105, 106, 126-127)
• Hughes, R. S. John Steinbeck: A Study of the Short Fiction. (PS 3537 .T3234 Z7147 1989) (pp. 7, 14, 15, 17, 21-27, 70, 98, 100, 116, 154-65)
• Kempton, Kenneth. Short Stories for Study. (PN 3373 .K39) (pp. 120-24)
• Rohrberger, Mary. "The Question of Regionalism: Limitation and Transcendence." in The American Short Story, 1900-1945. Ed. Philip Stevick (PS 374 .S5 A366) (pp. 179-80)
• Schultz, Jeffrey and Luchen Li. Critical Companion to John Steinbeck. (PS 3537 .T3234 Z86623 2005) (pp. 50-52)
• Swisher, Clarice, Ed. Readings on John Steinbeck. (PS 3537 .T3234 Z855 1996) (pp. 30-32, 36)
• Timmerman, John H. The Dramatic Landscape of Steinbeck's Short Stories. (PS 3537 .T3234 Z927 1990) (pp. 12, 38, 169-177, 234, 283)

Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)

• Literature Resource Center
• Literature Criticism Online Reproduces many of the full-text essays in Short Story Criticism, vol. 37.
• Literature Online

Articles

Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, Academic OneFile, MasterFILE Premier, and JSTOR for recent journal articles like those posted below.

• Palmerino, Gregory J.: "Steinbeck's 'The Chrysanthemums.'" Explicator 62:3 (2004): 164-67. [MasterFILE Premier]
• Sullivan II, Ernest W. "The Cur in 'The Chrysanthemums.'" Studies in Short Fiction 16 (1979): 215-217.
• Thomas, Leroy. "Steinbeck's 'The Chrysanthemums.'" Thomas, Leroy. Explicator 45.3 (1987): 50+.

Revised and updated by Russ Sears, Fall, 2008.

Updated by Allison Ringnes, Fall, 2012.