Nella Larsen (1891 - 1964)


A selective bibliography of open access internet articles on Nella Larsen, 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

Basu, Biman. "Hybrid embodiment and an ethics of masochism: Nella Larsen's Passing and Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose," African American Review, Fall, 2002

Brickhouse, Anna. "Nella Larsen and the Intertextual Geography of Quicksand," African American Review, Winter, 2001

Knadler, Stephen. "Domestic violence in the Harlem Renaissance: remaking the record in Nella Larsen's Passing and Toni Morrison's Jazz," African American Review, Spring, 2004

Monda, Kimberly. Self-delusion and self-sacrifice in Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand.' African American Review, Spring, 1997

Rayson, Ann. Foreign Exotic or Domestic Drudge? The African American Woman in 'Quicksand' and 'Tar Baby.' About novels by African American women Nella Larson and Toni Morrison, in MELUS, Summer, 1998

Reuben, Paul R. Primary and secondary bibliography for Nella Larsen from Dr. Reuben's bibliography web site

Sherrard-Johnson, Cherene. "'A Plea For Color': Nella Larsen's Iconography of the Mulatta." On the image of the New Negro Woman in the Harlem Renaissance in Nella Larsen's writing and in visual art. In American Literature, 76(4): 833-869 (2004)

Silverman, Debra B. "Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand': untangling the webs of exoticism - portrayal of Black women in Larsen's 'Quicksand' and Gertrude Stein's 'Three Lives.'" African American Review, Winter, 1993

Sullivan, Neil. "Nella Larsen's 'Passing' and the fading subject," in African American Review, Fall, 1998

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Introduction, overview

Brief biography of Nella Larsen at Voices from the Gaps web site

A Teacher's Guide to Nella Larsen, from Heath, covers themes in her work, writers to compare her with, discussion questions

A first-person essay on Nella Larsen's work by Sushama Austin, from the web site Literary Traveler


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