SOURCE: Carmean, Karen. “The Short Stories: Bloodline (1968).” In Ernest J. Gaines: A Critical Companion, pp. 137-55. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.
In the following essay, the critic provides an overview of Bloodline, commenting on the different perspectives the stories provide on the subject of African American manhood and asserting that their effect is heightened when read as a whole.
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