In the following essay, Bauer contends that “the allusions to and parallels with works by Hemingway throughout Gilchrist's work reveal, in addition to Gilchrist's development of story cycles and composite personalities in the tradition of Hemingway, the deconstruction of the Hemingway hero.”

In the following essay, Bauer analyzes Hemingway's influence on Gilchrist's work, especially her story cycle and her use of a composite personality.

In the following essay, Bauer analyzes the development of Gilchrist's story cycle and her relationship to the short-story tradition.

In the following essay, Johnson studies Gilchrist's character Rhoda and her desire to seek acceptance from society while at the same time attempting to free herself from its constraints.

In the following essay, Woodland discusses how the literary tradition of New Orleans is changed and how New Orleans' society is portrayed in the fiction of Ellen Gilchrist, Sheila Bosworth, and Nancy Lemann.

In the following essay, Thompson discusses where the search for self-knowledge leads several of Gilchrist's protagonists.

In the following essay, Bauer investigates Gilchrist's portrayal of women in her fiction.

In the following essay, Bauer asserts that the fate of Amanda McCamey in Gilchrist's The Annunciation exhibits a more optimistic view of the future of the Southerner than the fate of Caddy Compson in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury.

In the following essay, Larue traces the common features of Gilchrist's female protagonists and complains that they take no positive action to better their own lives.

Bolsterli is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Arkansas and Regional Studies at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She has written several books on the South. In the following essay, she discusses how Gilchrist presents the Southern woman's experience through her characters Rhoda Manning and Anna Hand.

In the following essay, Pagan contrasts Gilchrist's portrayal of Glen Allan, Mississippi, with that of Clifton Taulbert, contending that “Gilchrist's Glen Allan differs so greatly from Taulbert's that one barely recognizes them as the same town.”

In the following favorable assessment of Collected Stories, Williams offers a thematic overview of Gilchrist's short fiction.

In the following review, Glass discusses the world Gilchrist creates in her fiction and asserts that the character of Rhoda is the dominating force behind Gilchrist's collection The Age of Miracles.

In the following review, MacDonald notes the inconsistent quality of the Rhoda stories in The Age of Miracles.

In the following review, Tandon argues that although The Age of Miracles is not Gilchrist's best collection of short stories, it includes “moments of more profound and graceful achievement than she has shown before.”

In the following review, Tandon argues that there are profound moments in Gilchrist's The Age of Miracles, but that it is not her best work.

In the following review, Broughton complains about the pretentiousness of the main characters in Gilchrist's Starcarbon.

In the following review, Emck lauds Gilchrist's novel Nora Jane and Company as “a sweet and enlightened novel in celebration of improbable love.”

In the following review, Rubin asserts that “while some of the stories may seem a little too pat and some of the narrators a little too pleased with themselves, Flights of Angels is on the whole a satisfying collection.”

In the following review, Rubin asserts that Gilchrist's fiction has been somewhat inconsistent, but that her short stories seem to be stronger, including those in her collection Flights of Angels.

In the following positive assessment of The Courts of Love, Williams deems Gilchrist “a national cultural treasure.”

In the following review, the anonymous critic offers a favorable review of I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting with My Daddy and Other Stories.

In the following review, Seaman provides a laudatory assessment of Collected Stories.

In the following review, Seaman provides a positive assessment of I, Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting with My Daddy.

In the following review, Hooper applauds the humorous and poignant stories comprising Flights of Angels.

In the following positive review, Reynolds praises the humorous and entertaining characters portrayed in the stories of The Age of Miracles.

In the following review, Hooper offers a favorable assessment of The Cabal and Other Stories.

In the following favorable review of Collected Stories, Reynolds outlines the strengths of Gilchrist's short fiction writing.

In the following review, Mesic provides a favorable assessment of Collected Stories.

In the following review, the anonymous critic provides a favorable assessment of The Courts of Love.

In the following favorable assessment of The Age of Miracles, Seaman finds Gilchrist to be a “marvelously energetic storyteller.”

In the following review, Reynolds faults Gilchrist's use of detail in The Cabal and Other Stories.