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Ask The Puma Research Guides: “Magic”

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“Magic”

 

The short story “Magic” by Katherine Anne Porter is based on a tale she heard from a maid in New Orleans about a prostitute who leaves a brothel and is then drawn back with a magic spell.

 

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

 

  • PS3531 .O752

 

 

Circulating Books

 

  • Bloom, Harold. (Ed.). Katherine Anne Porter. 1986.

                    Call Number: PS3531 .O752 Z69 1986

  • Hardy, John. Katherine Anne Porter. 1973.

                    Call Number: PS3531 .O752 Z66 1973

  • Hendrick, Willene. Katherine Anne Porter. 1988.

                     Call Number: PS3531 .O752 Z683

  • Porter, Katherine Anne. The Old Order. 1969.

                     Call Number: PS3531 .O752 O5 1972

  •  Tanner, James T. F. The Texas Legacy of Katherine Anne Porter. 1990.

                      Call Number: PS3531 .O752 Z825

  • Unrue, Darlene. Truth and Vision in Katherine Anne Porter’s Fiction. 1985.

                      Call Number: PS3531 .O752 Z83

 

 

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms-(Keywords Anywhere)

 

  •  Porter, Katherine Anne

 

 

Reference Materials

 

  • Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number: REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 7, pg. 320

o   Vol. 15, pg. 432

o   Vol. 101, pg. 209-210, 224

  • Short Story Criticism –  Call Number: REF PN3321 .S5

o   Vol. 4, pg. 327-30, 339-40, 360

o   Vol. 43, pg. 177, 180, 236, 238, 253

 

 

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

 

  • Academic Search Complete
  • Literature Resources from Gale

 

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available at other libraries.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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