In the following essay, Cary examines Murfree's mountain fiction in detail.

In the excerpt below, Cary discusses the significance of the mountain milieu in Murfree's short fiction.

In the following essay, Marshall posits the theory that Murfree was an “ecofeminist”—a writer whose women characters had a special relationship with nature and whose male characters were often anti-nature.

In the following excerpt, Toulmin assesses Murfree's role as social historian.

In the following essay, Dunn reevaluates Murfree in light of previous criticism and concludes that Murfree's stereotypical portrayals of Tennessee life obscured a true understanding of the mountain people.

In the following essay, Ensor offers a detailed analysis of the actual geographical areas portrayed in Murfree's book of short stories, concluding that Murfree's descriptions were often vague and general because she had not really travelled much in Tennessee.

In the following essay, Warfel says that Murfree is less a typical local color writer than a skillful manipulator of literary materials in the romantic mode.

Warfel was an American educator, editor, and critic with a special interest in tracing the development of American intellectual and literary life. In the following essay, he explores Murfree's role as a local colorisi and praises the organization of her stories.

In the following excerpt, Baskervill surveys Murfree 's work, noting influences on her writng, and commenting on her characterizations, descriptions, use of humor, and literary style in general

In the following essay, Loyd briefly describes Murfree's life and works, urging Tennesseans to rediscover her.

Pattee was a widely respected educator, editor, and critic. He is considered one of the most influential figures in the decline of English literary colonialism and the subsequent declaration of American literary independence in the early years of the twentieth century. In the following excerpt, originally published in 1915, he offers a stylistic analysis of Murfree's work.

In the following excerpt, Pattee discusses Murfree's place in what he calls "the reign of dialect" during the 1880s and her influence on the subsequent generation of writers.

In the excerpt below, Fisher surveys the comic elements in Murfree's short fiction.

In the following essay, Young places Murfree in the literary context of her times.

In the essay below, Nilles examines Murfree's stereotypical heroines.

In the following excerpt, Baskette judges Murfree's mountain stories fresh and unique, and believes they constitute her strongest claim to a lasting place in Southern literature.

Fisher is an American educator and critic. In the following excerpt, he provides a thematic and stylistic overview of Murfree's "The Visitants from Yesterday."

In the following essay, Lanier presents an edited version of an 1885 newspaper interview with Murfree.

In the following excerpt, the critics recount Murfree's association with the Atlantic Monthly magazine.

In the essay below, Cary offers a favorable assessment of In the Tennessee Mountains.

In the following excerpt, Dillingham links Murfree's short fiction with both the genteel tradition and the school of realism.

In the following excerpt, Carleton evaluates Murfree's place in American literature and discusses her ultimate inability to fulfill the promise of her early short fiction.

In the following review of Murfree's The Bushwhackers, and Other Stories, the critic says that a less-known author might not have been able to publish such ordinary stories.

The anonymous critic, evaluating The Bushwhackers and Other Stories, finds the volume stylistically weaker and less interesting oveall than Murfree's previous work.

Brooks was an American poet. In the following excerpt, he praises Murfree's writing for its realistic rendering of a previously "unknown human sphere, " but finds the use of dialect nearly "unreadable. "

In the following essay, the reviewer provides a favorable evaluation of The Frontiersmen.

In the following essay, the critic outlines Murfree's career.