Djuna Barnes (1892 - 1982)

A selective bibliography of open access articles on Djuna Barnes, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites


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Literary Criticism

Ardis, Ann L. and Leslie W. Lewis, eds. A review of Women's Experience of Modernity (2002}. Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Fall 2002, reviewed by Laird, Holly

Bombaci, Nancy. "Well of course, I used to be absolutely gorgeous dear": the female interviewer as subject/object in Djuna Barnes's journalism. In Criticism, Spring, 2002

Edmunds, Susan. "Narratives of a virgin's violation: The critique of middle-class reformism in Djuna Barnes's Ryder." In Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Winter 1997

Henstra, Sarah. Looking the Part: Performative Narration in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood and Katherine Mansfield's "Je Ne Pane Pas Francais." In Twentieth Century Literature, Summer, 2000

Parsons, Deborah. A substantial introductory article to Djuna Barnes from the Literary Encyclopedia, 7/7/01


Introductory, overview, unsigned, web sites

A Teacher's Guide to Djuna Barnes, from textbook publisher Heath

A biographical introduction to Djuna Barnes from the Books and Writers web site, Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland

A brief introduction to Djuna Barnes from the Heath Anthology of Literature

"Ever-Shifting Artforms as Performance in the Work of Djuna Barnes," a student paper by Darcy L. Brandel, part of a graduate student publishing project at Case Western Reserve University in 2003

"Fatal Attraction: Djuna Barnes's Child Vamp," a student paper by Jamie McDaniel, part of a graduate student publishing project at Case Western Reserve University in 2003

A list of the primary works and selected critical works on Djuna Barnes, from Dr. Paul Reuben's bibliography web site

A review of Djuna Barnes's Collected Stories, by reviewer Peter Klappert, from the Poetry Previews web site


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