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I’m Lindsay. I am going into my senior year here at Stockton College and am very excited about that! After I get my BA in Literature, I am planning on going into the Education Program here at Stockton as well for my certification in Elementary Education. This site was constructed for “The […]

The short story “Shiloh,” written by Bobbie Anne Mason, is about the downfall of a marriage between the two main characters, Leroy and Norma Jean. Leroy and Norma Jean were married when they were both eighteen years old; Norma Jean was already pregnant with their son Randy who tragically died of sudden infant death syndrome […]

Below is the citation of the main source of “Shiloh” that I used to cite quotes in the short story summary:
Mason, Bobbie Ann. “Shiloh.” American Short Stories: 8th Edition. Ed. Hitchcock. 539-549.

Bobbie Ann Mason’s short story “Shiloh,” focuses on the lives of Norma Jean and Leroy, a couple whose marriage plundered after the death of their four month of baby, Randy. When Leroy comes back home for an extensive stay after a brutal tractor-trailer accident, he is […]

Bobbie Ann Mason, a short story and “American novelist writer” was born on May 1, 1940 in Mayfield, Kentucky (“Mason” World Authors, 1). Her parents, Wilburn and Christie Arnett raised Mason on dairy farm (“Mason” World Authors, 1). Bobbie Ann Mason attended the University of Kentucky pursued English […]

“Bobbie Ann Mason.” Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2008.
Literature Resource Center. Gale. VALE - Richard Stockton College of
NJ. 14 June 2009
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRC&u=richstockcol
“Bobbie Ann Mason.” Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. Detroit: Gale,
Literature Resource Center. Gale. VALE - Richard Stockton College of
NJ. 14 June 2009
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRC&u=richstockcol.
“Bobbie Ann Mason.” Vinetta Colby, ed. World Authors 1980-1985. […]

Web Sources:

“Bobbie Ann Mason (Vol. 54)” Enotes. 2009. 14 June 2009.
http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/mason-bobbie-ann/introduction

This website is a short, but informative criticism of Bobbie Ann Mason’s overall work. Includes criticism of numerous works of Mason’s as well as a short biography as an introduction.

Henningfield, Diane Andrews. “Shiloh (Criticism). 14 June 2009.
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Bobbie Ann Mason, the author of the short story “Shiloh”

A book containing “Shiloh” and more of Mason’s stories

A picture of the memorial at the battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee

A picture drawn of the battle at Shiloh, Tennessee

Just for fun…She is too cute! (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh)