Mary McCarthy (1912-1989

A selective list of literary criticism for the American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and political activist, Mary McCarthy, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars and articles published in peer-reviewed sources

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introduction & literary criticism

"Mary McCarthy, The Art of Fiction No. 27." Mary McCarthy's interview at the Paris Review, Winter/Spring 1962.

The Company She Keeps. An insightful early review of Mary McCarthy's first novel. New York Times 24 May 1942.

Kiernan, Frances. "Mary McCarthy, Edmund Wilson, and the Short Story That Ruined a Marriage." On "The Weeds," McCarthy's second story to be published in The New Yorker, which says Kiernan, paved the way for more ambitious fiction at the magazine. The New Yorker 18 June 2012.

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