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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is the short story for which Ambrose Bierce is most remembered.  Bierce wrote the story in mid-July of 1890, skillfully combining two genres: civil war stories and skin crawling tales of the supernatural.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PS1097 .Z5
• PS648 .S5

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bierce, Ambrose. The Best of Ambrose Bierce.

                      Call Number: PZ3 .B479 B4 (Pgs. 9-18)

• Lee, A. Robert (ed.). The Nineteenth-Century American Short Story. 1986

                     Call Number: PS374 .S5 N5 1986

• Morris, Jr., Roy.  Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company. 1998.

                    Call Number: PS1097 .Z5 M67 1998

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
• Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? – Criticism and Interpretation
• Short Stories, American – History and Criticism
• American Fiction – 19^th Century – History and Criticism
• Authors, American – 19^th Century – Biography
• Journalists – United States -- Biography

Reference Materials

• Critical Survey of Short Fiction – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C7 2001

o   Vol. 1, pg. 258

o   Vol. 7, pg. 2788-89

•  Masterplots II: Short Story Series (Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN3326 .M27 2004

o   Vol. 5, pg. 2928-31

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

o   Vol. 9, pg. 49-50, 53-56, 60-61, 75, 77-82, 85-86, 89, 92, 95

o   Vol. 72, pg. 1-59

• Short Stories for Students – Call Number: REF PN3330 .S386

o   Vol. 2, pg. 160-173

• Twentieth Century Literary Criticism – Call Number: REF PN771 .G27

o   Vol. 1, pg. 84, 87, 95

o   Vol. 7, 88, 92, 95

o   Vol. 44, pg. 6, 12, 29, 32-33, 44-45, 47, 50-51

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 on this topic.  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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Last Revised on November 21, 2021