An analysis introducing Mason’s nonfiction prose, short stories and novels. Price sheds light on the writer’s distinctive style and thematic concerns in her writings about contemporary Western Kentucky.

Bobbie Ann Mason burst onto the American literary scene during a renaissance of short fiction that Raymond Carver called a literary phenomenon. This reader collects outstanding examples of Mason’s award-winning…

A Study Guide for Bobbie Ann Mason’s Residents and Transients, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study…

In pursuit of selfhood, the non-conformist hero of the Post-World War II American South sets out on an uncertain path leading to confrontation and finally transformation. This study examines William…