ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bobby Smith

Professor Cobbs

English 202

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Annotated Bibliography

Heglar, Charles J., and Annye L. Refoe. “‘Survival with Dignity’: The Elderly African American in the Novels of Ernest J. Gaines.” Crossroads: A Journal of Southern Culture, vol. 3, no.1, 1994, pp. 57-68. Gale Literary Index, http://www.bpcc.edu/gale-literary-index/579162.

This article articulates the racism that is prominent throughout this book. It gives several examples including whenever Red spit on Arthur’s shoes. It further goes on to argue that racism is shown in other ways than just overt acts – it is also shown through thoughts and speech. The author continues to argue that black men are just as much to blame for racism as the white man because they allow themselves to be treated the way they are and do nothing to stop it. This source will be very useful to me because it proves that Gaines’ book is controversial and also gives many examples of how racism was treated when the book was written.

O’Reilly, Shelley. “Absinthe Makes the Tart Grow Fonder: A Note on ‘wormwood’ in Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market.” Victorian Poetry, vol. 34, no.1, 1996, pp. 108-14. EBSCOhost, http://www.bpcc.edu/ebscohost.com/goblin-market-rossetti/59137.

O’Reilly discusses Goblin Market and how the use of the word “wormwood” in the poem suggests various meanings. According to O’Reilly, wormwood could mean the devil, temptation, or even Christ. She then goes on and explains how this one word could have various meanings. She also argues that without this word, the poem would have a totally different meaning. This source probably will not be useful in my paper because I do not plan to do an explication of every line of poetry, nor do I plan on focusing on the Biblical allusions in the poem.