In the following essay, Sullivan argues that the narrator of “A Rose for Emily” is more important to the meaning of the story than most critics believe.

In the following essay, O'Bryan-Knight finds similarities between Emily and Cuéllar in Mario Vargas Llosa's Los cachorros.

In the following essay, Heller provides a critical overview of “A Rose for Emily.”

In the following essay, Allen contends that rather than simply horrifying the reader, the grotesque elements in “A Rose for Emily” are designed to fascinate and delight.

In the following essay, Curry uses Faulkner's personal thoughts on patriarchal society and feminism to analyze “A Rose for Emily.”

In the following essay, Birk finds similarities between “A Rose for Emily” and John Keats's “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”

In the following essay, Stone considers “A Rose for Emily” in the tradition of Southern Gothic fiction.

In the following essay, Rodman argues that, rather than representing the community, the narrator of “A Rose for Emily” is just as isolated and alienated as Emily.

In the following essay, Skinner contends that much critical analysis of “A Rose for Emily” is “ingenious, but misguided.”

In the following essay, Moore proposes a chronology of events in “A Rose for Emily.”

In the following excerpt from an essay originally published in Perspective in 1949, West interprets “A Rose for Emily” as an allegory in which Emily represents the Old South and Homer Barron represents the new order influenced by the North.