A Legacy (short story)

"A Legacy"
"A Legacy"
Short story by Joyce Carol Oates
Country	United States
Language	English
Publication
Published in	Arizona Quarterly
Publication date	1961

“A Legacy” is a work of short fiction by Joyce Carol Oates, originally published in the Arizona Quarterly in 1961. The story was first collected in By the North Gate (1963) by Vanguard Press.^[1] The story is set, as are others in By the North Gate, in Oates's fictional Eden County, similar to the rural upstate New York community where she was raised.^[2]

^ Johnson, 1994 p. 4, p. 218-221: Selected Bibliography, Primary Works
^ Johnson, 1994 p. 13: “...recalling the vanished world of her childhood…” And p. 15: “....mythologizes the rural area in upstate New York where Oates grew up.”

[1] Johnson, 1994 p. 4, p. 218-221: Selected Bibliography, Primary Works

[2] Johnson, 1994 p. 13: “...recalling the vanished world of her childhood…” And p. 15: “....mythologizes the rural area in upstate New York where Oates grew up.”

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