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):
Biographical Information (Reference Collection)
- African American Writers 1 (Ref PS 153 .N5 A344)
- American Writers, Supplement 1 (Ref PS 129 .A55)
- Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Novelists Since World War II (Ref PS 21 .D5 vol. 2)
- Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century American Dramatists (Ref PS 21 .D5 vol. 7)
- Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955 (Ref PS 21 .D5 vol. 33)
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 Search Premier, 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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