Annotated Bibliography

Gordon, Sarah. "New Georgia Encyclopedia: Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)." New Georgia Encyclopedia: Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964). N.p., 3 Mar. 2009. Web. 28 May 2013. I used this source to give me biographical information about Flannery O’Connor and her motive for writing this story. I learned that was a devoted Christian and this theme was evident in her description of the characters. 

Magistrale, Tony. "O'Conner's The Lame Shall Enter First." Abstracts in Social Gerontology. EBSCO, 2002. Web. 29 May 2013. This article focused on the symbolism that plays out through "The Lame Shall Enter First" although it was directly relevant to my theme in the essay it helped me understand Sheppard's motive more clearly. 

Mullen, Vincent. "Narcissism and Spirituality in O'Conner's Stories." American Journal Of Psychotherapy 57.4 (2003): 537-50. Print. This article gave me great psychological insight into the character of Sheppard. Being that I focused on Psychoanalysis in the theme of Gothic literature it was a great help. I learned how his behavior was an accurate depiction of a narcissist. 

Robinson, Arthur. "University of California Press." Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" 19.4 (1965): 369-78. JSTOR. Web. 29 May 2013. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2932876.pdf?acceptTC=true>. This article discusses the internal conflict that the murderer faces throughout the story. It discusses how he refuses to accept his madness on account of his ability to logically plan the murder.  

 Vincent Buranelli. Twayne's United States Authors Series 4. Boston: Twayne, 1977. p22-38. COPYRIGHT 1977 Twayne Publishers, COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning 

This article was exceptional useful to give me background information on Edgar Poe. I learned the approach of how he used dreams in his work. It helped me explain this influence in the tall tale heart.