William Kennedy (1928- )

A selective list of online literary criticism for William Kennedy, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Web Pages

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literary criticism

On Kennedy's treatment of the 1930s in his novels. "'A hostile decade': the 60s and self-criticism in William Kennedy's early prose," by Brock Clarke, Twentieth Century Literature, Spring 1999

A biography of William Kennedy from the New York State Writers Institute

Kennedy discusses Very Old Bones and other topics. Interview by Peggy Langstaff, in BookPage, June 1992

A review of Roscoe by Andrew O'Hehir at salon.com, 24 Jan. 2002. Another review by Ward Just, NYTimes, 12 Jan. 2002

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