Joanne V. Creighton, "The Trilogy of Social Groups: The Quest for Violent Liberation," in Joyce Carol Oates, Twayne Publishers, 1979, pp. 48-73.
The analysis of them in this book centers on the idea that it is written as a satire of traditional naturalistic fiction.
Mary Kathryn Grant, The Tragic Visions of Joyce Carol
Oates, Duke University Press, 1978.
This early study of the author only covers the first novels, including them, but it does so in a clear and insightful way.
Greg Johnson, Understanding Joyce Carol Oates, University of South Carolina Press, 1987.
This full, rich analysis of Oates's work is slightly.....
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