A selective list of literary criticism for the American modernist novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, Djuna Barnes, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA guidelines for web sites
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Ardis, Ann L. and Leslie W. Lewis, eds. A review of Women's Experience of Modernity (2002}. Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Fall 2002, reviewed by Laird, Holly
Bombaci, Nancy. "Well of course, I used to be absolutely gorgeous dear": the female interviewer as subject/object in Djuna Barnes's journalism. In Criticism, Spring, 2002
Edmunds, Susan. "Narratives of a virgin's violation: The critique of middle-class reformism in Djuna Barnes's Ryder." In Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Winter 1997
Henstra, Sarah. Looking the Part: Performative Narration in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood and Katherine Mansfield's "Je Ne Pane Pas Francais." In Twentieth Century Literature, Summer, 2000
Parsons, Deborah. A substantial introductory article to Djuna Barnes from the Literary Encyclopedia, 7/7/01
Pykett, Lyn. "Modernism as postmodern feminism." Novel: A Forum on Fiction, Spring 1997
A Teacher's Guide to Djuna Barnes, from textbook publisher Heath
A brief introduction to Djuna Barnes from the Heath Anthology of Literature
"Ever-Shifting Artforms as Performance in the Work of Djuna Barnes," a student paper by Darcy L. Brandel, part of a graduate student publishing project at Case Western Reserve University in 2003
A review of Djuna Barnes's Collected Stories, by reviewer Peter Klappert, from the Poetry Previews web site
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