Annotated Bibliography
- Bowen, Edwin W. “The Fiction of Frank R. Stockton.” Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism 47 (1993): 452-462. Literature Resource Center; InfoTrac; Richard Stockton Coll. Lib. Pomona, NJ. 15 June 2009. http://go.galegroup.com. This criticism focuses on a few of Stockton’s works but states that “The Lady, or the Tiger was his claim to fame. The article also claims that the thought provoking tale has tuned others into both Stockton’s gift of humor and his genius.
- Griffin, Martin I. J. “Frank R. Stockton: A Critical Biography.” Short Stories for Students 3 (1998): 64-68. Literature Resource Center; InfoTrac; Richard Stockton Coll. Lib. Pomona, NJ. 15 June 2009. <http://go.galegroup.com>.Based solely on human emotion, this story has caused great anxiety and conflicting human desires that caused a stir after the story was completed. This article concludes that humaninterest and the lack of a conclusion are what have made this story one of the greatest short stories of all time.
- Howells, William Dean. “Review of Stockton’s Stories.” Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism 47 (1993): 130-132. Literature Resource Center; InfoTrac; Richard Stockton Coll. Lib. Pomona, NJ. 15 June 2009. <http://go.galegroup.com>.This article, written by a compassionate realism writer, compares several of Frank R. Stockton’s short stories to the realism movement. Much credibility is given to Stockton in this article about his own creation of writing, and examples of “The Lady, or the Tiger,” “The Remarkable Wreck of Thomas Hyke,” and “Our Story” are used to display his style versus realism.
- Stockton, Frank R. “The Lady, or the Tiger.” Google. 16 June 2009 <http://eastoftheweb.com>. This website offers the complete short story of “The Lady, or the Tiger.” It also allows the reader to view another one of Stockton’s more famous works, “Captain Eli’s Best Ear.”
- “The Lady, of the Tiger: Critical Overview.” Answers.com. 16 June 2009 <http://www.answers.com/topic/the-lady-or-the-tiger-story-7>. In this critique, other critics and authors analyze Stockton’s “The Lady, or the Tiger” in terms of literary skills such as symbolism and controversy, while comparing his humor to that of Twain and Carroll. Much is noted about Stockton’s humor writing that Golemba suggests people forget Stockton was also a serious novelist.
- Vedder, Henry C. “Francis Richard Stockton.” Twentieth Century Literary Criticism 47 (1993): 288-300. Literature Resource Center; InfoTrac; Richard Stockton Coll. Lib. Pomona, NJ. 15 June 2009. <http://go.galegroup.com>.Vedder gives countless regards to the talent and eccentricity that Stockton has compared other short story writers of his time. The critique vastly celebrates Stockton’s art of creating stories with little dialogue, mostly narrative, and lacking plots while still creating masterpieces.