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Reyes Gonzalez

Mr. Damaso

Honors English II, Period 7

26 March 2010

SRP Annotated Bibliography for Linda Pastan

Franklin, Benjamin, V. "Linda (Olenik) Pastan." Dictionary of Literary Biography 5 (1980): n.

pag. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College Preparatory,

Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article examines the main characteristics of Pastan’s poems. (Biography)

"Linda Pastan." Contemporary Authors Online (2007): n. pag. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource

Center. Gale. Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25 Mar. 2010.

<http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article shows how her poems relate to her life. (Biography)

"Ethics." Poetry for Students 8 (2000): 86-98. Ed. Mary K. Ruby and Ira Mark Milne. Detroit:

Gale. Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web.

25 Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article explains how Pastan’s parents shaped her poetry. (Biography)

"The Cossacks." Poetry for Students 25 (2007): 68-81. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Detroit: Gale.

Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25

Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article explains how her Jewish heritage shaped the way she wrote. (Historical

Context)
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Pastan, Linda. "Review of To See You Again." American Book Review 24 (1983): 4. Ed.

Margaret Haerens. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College

Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article shows how the women situation in the 50’s inspired Pastan to write poetry

about women. (Historical Context)

Pastan, Linda. "Washing My Hands of the Ink." Prairie Schooner (1991): 32. Detroit: Gale.

Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25

Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article names certain events that changed Pastan’s way of writing. (Historical

Context)

"Overview: 'Grudnow'." Poetry for Students 32 (2010): n. pag. Ed. Sara Constantakis. Detroit:

Gale. Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web.

25 Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article talks about “Grundnow” and gives an interpretation. The poem talks about

the situation of Jews in the United States. (Literary Criticism)

Pastan, Linda. "The five stages of grief." Chicago Review (1996): 195. Detroit: Gale. Literature

Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25 Mar. 2010.

<http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article shows how “The five stages of grief” talks about the reaction of a person

about divorce. (Literary criticism)

Wart, Alice Van. "Overview of 'Ethics'." Poetry for Students 8 (2000): n. pag. Ed. Mary K. Ruby

and Ira Mark Milne. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College

Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

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This article gives an interpretation of Pastan’s poem, “Ethics.” (Literary Criticism)

Bussey, Jennifer. "Critical Essay on 'The Cossacks'." Poetry for Students 25 (2007): n. pag. Ed.

Ira Mark Milne. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College

Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article explains the effect “Cossacks” had on the life of the Jews. (Literary

Criticism)

Ullman, Leslie. "Carnival Evening, New and Selected Poems: 1968-1998." Poetry (1999): 308.

Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Gale. Brophy College Preparatory, Phoenix,

AZ. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article explains the effect that death had over the author’s writings. (Literary

Criticism)

Paul, Jay S. "Linda Pastan: Overview." Contemporary Poets 6 (1995): n. pag. Ed. Thomas

Riggs. New York: St. James Press. Literature Resource Center. St. James Press. Brophy

College Preparatory, Phoenix, AZ. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <http://go.galegroup.com/>.

This article shows how some of Pastan’s poems talk about happiness in the world.

(Literary Criticism)